Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

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Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:10pm

Jerry Hadley, a major American operatic tenor whose career had waned in recent years, apparently shot himself in the head with an air rifle at his home in upstate New York early Tuesday morning and was seriously injured, the police have said.


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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:14pm

How very sad. Prayers go out to him and his family.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:16pm

That is very sad - his Standing Room Only is one of my very favorite cds.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:21pm

I agree jasonf. His Standing Room Only cd is wonderful. His "Bring Him Home" sublime.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:23pm

For those of you "Broadway bent," he's on the Sondheim at Carnegie Hall DVD and CD.

I always thought he had a terrific voice.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:30pm

So sad. So very talented. Here's wishing him recovery, although that seems unlikely.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:31pm

Was it an attempted suicide?

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:33pm

best12bars- Thank you! I was trying to think of what I knew him from. Did he do part of "Pretty Women"? Or maybe I'm confusing him with someone else. It's been awhile since I watched that DVD.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:38pm

He did do part of Pretty Women, yes.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:41pm

StageManager- I believe that is what the police have said.

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re: Sad news...Jerry Hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:44pm

Thanks, Hamlet. I asked because someone mentioned a "waning career." That's too bad.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:08pm

an air rifle?

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:11pm

My father wondered whether that was like an air guitar.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:15pm

it sounds better than say, "tenor jerry hadley shot himself with a bb gun."

no christmas story references, please.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:17pm

A friend once shot me repeatedly with his BB gun.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:21pm

Air rifles and blank guns can do a lot of damage if they're pointed at your skull.

I remember John Eric Hexum (bit hottie '80s heartthrob) died when he jokingly shot himself in the head with a blank pistol.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:22pm

Don't forget that CROW guy.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:23pm

Brandon Lee

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:25pm

Yes. Thank you. His name escaped me.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:31pm

I had no idea they could do so much damage.

By the way, I'm confused about something. The police department said that they did not expect him to get better. Does that imply that he will die, or be permanantly brain damaged?

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:32pm

I'm assuming it's one or the other.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 3:53pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXMxhMhYm4

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 4:07pm

I'm very saddened to hear this.

I performed with him in a couple of concerts and he was not only a talented singer, but a generous and wonderful man.

My heart goes out to him, for the despair he must have felt to do something so drastic. And my heart goes out to his family.

This is tragic news.

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Updated On: 7/11/07 at 04:07 PM

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 5:31pm

This news has left me almost speechless. I had the good fortune to work with Mr. Hadley on several productions, including a season at Lake George Opera where he first started ( I was an apprentice techie , 16 years old)
He was one of the sweetest men and incredibly talented.
Damn, life sucks sometimes.

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sad news...jerry hadley seriously injured

Posted: 7/11/07 at 5:34pm

Very sad news. I saw him perform Des Grieux in MANON at City Opera about 20 years ago - gorgeously sung and acted performance.

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