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Marty's real life suicide..any details?

posted 10 years ago by brandonlewislaw
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I see that Simon (Marty) actually committed suicide just a week after the film was released. Any details on this guy?

[–] pankoeken 10 years ago

He died of an opiate overdose which probably means heroin.

[–] kaydie-fee 9 years ago

So was it accidental?

[–] franco_0111 9 years ago

Maybe some jock gave it to him. Who knows...

[–] hide86 9 years ago

Marty's real life suicide..any details?

So was it accidental?

Huh? Suicide is never accidental....

**~Not my circus, not my monkeys...~**

[–] kaydie-fee 9 years ago

Using heroin is not the most common of ways to kill yourself, most heroin overdoses are accidental. I'm asking if Simon killed himself on purpose or was using and accidently overdosed

[–] alucardvenom 8 years ago

I see that Simon (Marty) actually committed suicide just a week after the film was released. Any details on this guy?

hmmm, this was featured on Joe Bob Brigg's MonsterVision, he mentions the actor committed suicide, most likely because he suffered from chronical depression. He also mentions that people who worked on this movie thought Simon kept to himself because he wanted to stay in character, but he was actually depressed.

[–] chessa1 8 years ago

Maybe not much detail is about because his family wanted privacy from the press, who aren't the bastions of sensitivity at the best of times. Just a thought

'I like the way you made the movies longer. They're better that way.' Sinister

[–] kaydie-fee 8 years ago

I don't think he was famous enough for the press to be involved, Simon died in 1984 and the film came out 2 years later