What A Sad Little Life

[Canary42]

Some folk certainly get a raw deal in life, yet remain cheerful and upbeat. Perhaps those of us who have more luck should count our blessings more often.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jasmine-burkitt-death-bbc-reality-091758941.html

RIP Jasmine

[jno]

very true.

When media put plugs for the Samaritans at the end of a story it usually implies the person committed suicide, though the story doesn't actually say so.

[barry1010]

The cause of death is not yet known, there is to be a post mortem. I think there is a link to Samaritan's because Jasmine's mental health problems were referred to in the article

[jno]

the US number given is the Suicide Prevention Hotline, though.

I don't know either way. It's just that this odd practice happens a lot in the papers: we can't say what X died of but here's Samaritans' number.