A week after beloved fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s suicide was announced, we now know how he did it. The British coroner’s office responsible for investigating Alexander’s death has announced that he hung himself. The coroner also reported that a note was found at the scene, but that the details of the note will not be released.
I’m almost afraid to admit that my first thought upon hearing this news was that maybe he got the idea from his ultimate muse, Lady Gaga, who dramatically hung herself on stage at the VMAs earlier this year. I am sure that’s not the case, but it is an eerie coincidence.
“Hanged herself”
C’mon Molls, pictures are hung, people are hanged.
omg, i was just about to come here and write the same EXACT post lol good job, sara!!
There is a reason that Molly did not use the term ‘hung.’ ‘Hung’ is a term that is used to describe the endowment of the male anatomy (Ex: He was very well-hung.) ‘Hanged’ is used as the past tense of hang.
Why would you associate a Lady Gaga’s performance to his suicide? That’s like blaming Gaga for his death. I just don’t get it.
I don’t get it…Gaga was performing. the man KILLED himself. where is the eerie co-incidence??
Yeah, he probably sucked dick because Lady Gaga did that as well.
OMG, he was like, so inspired to like, KILL himself and shit, because Lady Gaga hung herself in performance. Dumbest thing I’ve ever read on this blog. I’ve got one foot out the door.
Please don’t leave toonsis! You mean so much to this blog and it just wouldn’t be the same without you.
Hate to say I agree, toonsis
I think you guys are missing the point: Lady Gaga was his muse. They were extremely close. Let’s say you were doing a little show, touring around the world and every night, as part of that show, you hung yourself. It would probably cross your mind if one of your dearest friends committed suicide in the same manner as what you were performing each and every night.
i think that is a very naive and irresponsible thing to publish online, nevermind extremely hurtful to lady gaga who was his very close friend, she will be upset enough without having to feel guilty to boot! lee mcqueen was a full grown and intelligent man suffering from the loss of his very beloved mother not long before. i certainly wouldn’t imagine him to hang himself to ‘copy’ a performance from months earlier. plus, as far as i was aware, gaga held onto a rope or whatever from her hand/arm, not neck.
if Lady Gaga was his muse, then i overestimated his creativity. but maaybe, she got the idea from him..?! huh? huh? ya think?
Either way, he’s a big ol’ quitter.
you obviously have no empathy or compassion for people who suffer from depression and resort to suicide. it’s never as simple as being “a big ol quitter”. i hope you never have to experience one of your close friends or family committing suicide. it’s so low to say things like that. so low.
I had a good friend who hanged herself and as painful as it was, she was a big ol quitter. life is wonderful, sad, beautiful and amazing.. I love it. I would never throw it away. People die every second who want to live. My friend was young, pretty, intelligent, fun, witty… she could have had a fantastic life. I respect her choice because life is hard, but if you quit then you are a big ol quitter. I’ve dealt with depression and come out the other end and I know it’s the toughest thing there is, and I wish someone could have gotten through to her or known what she was going through but she chose nothing over everything, so she remains a big ol quitter.
I reallllly dislike it when people say things like this. “I’ve dealt with depression and come out the other end…” That’s seriously great for you but doesn’t give you the automatic pass to judge other people. That’s like when successful entrepreneurs look at homeless people and go, “Well, I was poor once and look at me now!” Or people that say, “I had an unplanned pregnancy and *I* kept my baby and it was great (therefore, let me tell you what YOU should do)” Not everyone is dealt the same hand, even if you have a shared experience, you’ve come at it from a different angle and upbringing and set of genes so quit judging. And NO, people who resort to suicide aren’t just “big ol’ quitters.”
I didn’t tell anyone what to do. I don’t tell anyone how to live their life based on my experiences. How can you say that someone who chooses to kill themselves is not a quitter? If someone has a painful terminal disease, and they kill themselves, I think they are totally right doing what they choose- but they are still quitting. It might be the right time to quit- but you’re a quitter. IF you quit smoking, you’re a quitter. Do you understand what the word quit means?
What else is resorting to suicide? Are you taking up a new sport? No. Are you choosing another form of life? No. You are quitting life. It’s not about my personal experiences or thoughts- it’s the fact that you call a quitter a quitter. I was merely mentioning my own examples because that grace jones character said that the previous poster had no empathy or compassion, and i was showing how you can have empathy and compassion and still call a quitter a quitter. Ok? Understand?
Claire – I fully understand your terminology so you don’t need to get caught up in symantics. The issue was the meaning you were attaching to the words you used. Comparing suicide to quitting smoking? The words you choose are important when conveying your message.
Someone else flippantly stated that he was a “big ol quitter” insinuating that he was weak and quit the game like a baby. You took up the reigns in your comment, justified use of the terminology above and then pointed out that YOU’D suffered depression and come out of it just fine (so what the hell’s wrong with people who don’t? – right?)
All I’m saying is that I found it judgemental and to be careful of judging other people based on what you personally, have done or accomplished because we’re all coming from a different starting line. If you feel that comment doesn’t apply to you, great – but don’t start posting definitions of words to hide behind what you were implying.
Yes. they. are. Do you understand what the word “quit” means? Do you think perhaps suicide means taking up a new hobby, or some alternative kind of life? No, it’s quitting life. If I quit smoking I’m a quitter. If I quit a horrible job, I’m a quitter. Get it? If I have a terminal disease and I’m in terrible pain and I kill myself- I’m a quitter. It doesn’t matter why how when where what the sensitivity of the situation is, whether I’m right or wrong. The word “quitter” applies to all these situations.
I didn’t mention my own experiences because I think I get to tell people what to do, because I don’t.Grace Jones said the previous poster had no empathy or compassion for suicide victims so I thought I’d mention how it relates to me, and by the way there is no reason to be nice about suicide- I don’t see why we should be nice about the death of a loved one when they did it to themselves, I think we should be nice about their life and see it as a damn shame they wanted to die, instead of pussyfooting around it like suicide is some kind of disability.
Committing suicide is nothing like being homeless. You can try and try to succeed at something and keep failing- it’s not called quitting. Having an unplanned pregnancy? No, sorry, that’s different. There is nothing else like suicide because it’s unique. It’s giving up on your life for whatever reason, going against your natural urge to live. It’s really stupid arguing against this like as if the person who killed themselves is going to be outraged that they were called a quitter. Can’t defend themselves? Too bad. That’s the least of their worries- they are dead. I’d say if they knew what was going on they would be more miffed at missing out on love, having a family, going on holidays, eating food and having sex. I reckon they would (in retrospect) agree with the use of the term “quitter”. Or else they would be like “i don’t care if you call me a quitter, as long as you say nice things about me.” Standing up for the reason someone kills themselves is like standing up for a 13 year old who says they are in love. When you come into your right mind or a bit of maturity, you know 13 year old isn’t in their right mind. You can let them believe what they want, but it’s not going to change the fact that you’re an adult and know better than them. So stop arguing their corner. It’s the same with a depressed person- don’t argue their point, because they aren’t in the right mind. You’re taking sides with someone whose decision making skills are flawed at least momentarily.
I’m not “arguing in their corner”. I’m not defending the validity of the decision to kill yourself. I’m saying you do not sound empathetic. And because you have been depressed and not killed yourself doesn’t give you the right to lack empathy or understanding. Maybe you should work on the anger a little bit… I’m not discussing this any further, take what you will from what I said or don’t – I’m off to look up “quit” in the dictionary to help me out in future. So if you want the last word, take it! :)
Yes, everyonbe gets depressed, Claire. Maybe even the majority of people have been severely depressed at least once in their life.
But unless you have been suicidally depressed, you have no. fucking. clue.
It is severe pain, all day long, every day. The pain just happens not to be physical. If someone were in that kind of paralyzing physical pain every moment of their waking life, you’d consider their quality of life to be questionable at best. And not everyone does get out of that depression, even with meds, even with therapy.
To insist that they should just think more positively, and look at things the way they “really” are? Well if the illigical could just think more logically, they’d be fine. Great, good solution. You’ve got that all figured out, I see. That’s like sying people should just rationalise the cancer out of their lymph nodes, or positive-think that MS away…
That pain is very real, very intense, and completely debilitating. They are not quitting—they are trying to leave their life with dignity before their their seemingly endless illness and pain rips it all away pathetically.
It’s not a good solution by any means, but after so much suffering, it does seem like the only acceptable option to many. And those who do get to that point ARE sorry, and embarassed, and self-loathing, and afraid, and ashamed, and lonely. It’s not the flippant “bah-I don’t feel like doing this anymore” you seem to have assigned to the situation.
You are absolutely right! Everyone processes things differently. I can’t stand when people make such generalized statements like…She was so pretty! Oh yeah? Well maybe what was going on her mind wasn’t so pretty. Did you ever ask her?
He killed himself the night before his mother’s funeral, she died the week before. Here’s what I don’t understand, why was he left alone? He hadn’t canceled his fashion show, so he had that stress and his mother’s funeral and he had to be stressed and depressed. It’s no one’s fault but it was a tragic decision. I think this is especially sad, but then suicide always seems like a tragic waste no matter who it happens to.
What the fuck molls.
You seriously think Alexander’s last thoughts on killing himself was “omg hanging will be so fabulousssss <3 lady gaga looked sooo awesome doing it"
that is the most stupidest thing i have ever heard from you, and you write some pretty stupid shit.
Amen.
HANGED
oh and:
“I’m almost afraid to admit that my first thought upon hearing this news was that maybe he got the idea from his ultimate muse, Lady Gaga, who dramatically hung herself on stage at the VMAs earlier this year.”
are you fucking kidding me? seriously. please be kidding.
She’s not kidding.
It’s a pretty big coincidence? Yeah right. If you have the mentality of a hysterical mother who sees a car accident or a shooting and blames Grand Theft Auto.
It’s not like Alexander McQueen didn’t know that hanging existed until Lady Gaga showed him. The guy was creative, give him some credit for thinking it up on his own. It’s supposed to be the only “serious” way of killing yourself, because there’s no going back, so it’s not a cry for help it’s just a means to actually kill yourself. Lots of people did it before Lady Gaga. It’s just one of her stupid shock tactics. It’s not like she invented some crazy way of killing yourself. If she had got on stage and did some mad SAW zigsaw type production and then McQueen did the same thing, I’d say oh, somebody was copying someone’s stupid stunt.
But hanging is a pretty common suicide method. It’s pretty hard to say why someone does it, and as a complete stranger Molls you are about as likely to get it right as Micheal Lohan is likely to solve his daughters’ life problems.
Alexander McQueen’s mother died a few days or weeks before him and they were apparently extremely close. A few years before, his close friend committed suicide. Lady Gaga may have been his muse but this shit is deeper than some fashion show so have a bit of common sense. Look what I dug up in one google search. If you’re going to report, do it. Don’t just type out your whims. It’s lazy. Also- it’s hanged. As in “lady gaga is an idiot because she hanged herself on stage” and “David beckham may be well hung but I still think he has the voice of a 5 year old”
Shooting a bullet through one’s temple or through one’s mouth/jumping off of a tall building seem like a couple of other “serious,” alternate self-murder options.
Come to think of it, isn’t any method of suicide “serious,” if it works to near or complete completion?
yes i guess so but the other options would have left his face all fcked up so being in fashion he probably wouldn’t have wanted that maybe
Yeah, I bet his tongue hanging out and his eyes bulging and all that pretty looking shit made him so happy when someone found him.
Hmm….You might be right. It has absolutely nothing to do with his mother dying a week before. You sir, are a fucking idiot.
i don’t get it. everyone knew he hanged himself like the day it happened.