I hadn't heard of this until just now. It's terrible.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
Weird. It was actually posted on that thread ages ago that it was a suicide. I'm sure I read it here, but I can't find it either. Maybe they deleted the thread?
I have to admire the guy- if you are going to commit suicide (And you shouldn't) you might as well do it in a way that implicates horrible behavior by people you hate. It's a two-fer.
"Adams said Sparkman, who once had lymphoma, preferred to kill himself rather than to die from cancer."
"An autopsy found that Sparkman was not under the influence of any drugs or alcohol at the time of his death. It also found that Sparkman did not have cancer."
I wonder if he thought he had cancer due to a misdiagnosis?