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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-24-09 02:24 AM
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Nicholas Hughes, UAF prof, evolutionary ecologist, son of Sylvia Plath, takes his own life at 47
Edited on Tue Mar-24-09 02:25 AM by Ken Burch
He had battled the family demon of depression:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7958876.stm

Any Fairbanks DU'ers ever cross paths with him?

He sounds like an amazing person and, while any suicide is horrible, it's especially bleak that this state couldn't provide this man with the help he needed to make the choice to live.
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