dead at 19
https://pagesix.com/2021/08/30/former-child-star-matthew-mindler-died-by-suicide-coroner/
shareI didn't know him, but very sad. RIP
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MovieChat Forums > Matthew Mindler Discussion > dead at 19
Horrible when kids die.
I know he's 19 but he's still a kid.
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Yes, especially heartbreaking when someone that age has already decided their life isn't worth living.
shareThe world is becoming an increasingly stressful place.
Despite what we hear about "help" being available. it is harder to find than ever. I know this first hand.
I had never heard of Matthew. Nevertheless stores like this kind of rip my heart out.
I agree it is way to young to to decide that life is not worth living, but there are some who are not even in their teens that have made the same choice.
I will be watching for further details as to exactly what happened and if they uncover a possible motive. Maybe it will help others who are in distress.
God bless you Matthew.
Why the hell would anyone wanna kill them self when there's all these good movies out there and all this good music out there to be enjoyed?
shareIs this supposed to be a mockery of what it is to be depressed to the point of suicide?
Its pretty sick to take a subject like this so lightly.
Oh no I’ve heard of the whole human contact thing but I don’t believe in that. Anybody who doesn’t think movies are enough to make someone wanna live isn’t a true movie fan imo.
shareNot to make light of this poor kid's death, but the state of movies and popular music today is actually enough to drive a true movie and music fan to suicide.
shareFortunately there’s plenty of good older stuff to be discovered.
shareThe new Batman movie is so awesome it would make any movie fan happy!
shareDo you like Maroon 5, Greta Van Fleet, and The Black Angels?
shareHave you seen The Northman yet? That movie was awesome!
shareNever heard of him, but I hate to hear of people making that final decision. I can't even imagine because I have things I'm always looking forward to.
shareHis profile pic here tragically reminds me of a young Jonathan Brandis.
shareGood call ...those 2 kids probably had to see and endure a lot to push them to the breaking point.
shareWas just going to say that he reminded me of that SeaQuest kid, but I had forgotten his name.
shareI hadn't looked at this board for a while but I saw your remark here. I see what you mean.
This profile picture in the face of his death just rips my heart out. I know at 19 he was not this same cute happy face but that doesn't change what happened. People here who have said he was still "KID" are right even though me may be considered legally an adult.
Looking back on my own life, I realize I was not an adult at 18 and I had no real idea what the so called ADULT world was all about. Nothing really prepares you for what happens when you
move out of the world of childhood into adulthood. Its not what you might think it is. The world is not going to respect you or treat you like an adult. The "bullies" you experienced in school were nothing to the cut throat bullies that you find in an adult world.
I suspect that Matthew suffered with childhood depression to some degree or another. When you grow up in this environment you have nothing to compare with to define a baseline of "normal' all you know is that you increasingly feel more and more like crap/
I think we see not that Jonathan Brandis experienced this and so did Matthew. Not understanding what to do or where to go doesn't help. Having people around who dont see it or dont know how to help makes it worse. But worst of all are those who will push you to the breaking point and not care in the least about what they are doing. We see the result.
For Matthew and Jonathan they are out of pain. The ones left to suffer are those who loved them.