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Originally Posted by Zee

I understand where you're coming from and I do agree to some extent but the man managed to hold down a steady job, he was certainly no Amy Winehouse type by the sounds of things, he voluntarily went to rehab and seemed to be a well liked and respected person. I get angry when famous people throw away their talents because of drugs (e.g. Winehouse, Cobain et al) because it was so needless, but to say he wasn't thinking of his family is unfair. If he can't deal with his addiction then that's his problem, nobody can live your life apart from you, the individual. It seems that this death has come from nowhere, nobody had him down as being an overly troubled person - yeah he had substance abuse problems but he certainly wasn't being predicted to spiral out of control by anyone from what I can tell - how was anyone supposed to intervene if they didn't know there was a problem? Perhaps he had weak organs, perhaps weakened by abuse or perhaps they weren't strong to begin with, we just don't know yet.

But in any case, somebody's son died, and he was well known and beloved by a lot of people; one personal problem doesn't cancel out all of the hard work he put into his career or the joy he brought to people all over the world, and it's only natural that people are upset and wish to pay their respects to that...