Follow-up: Sad ending for prankster who flew Alabama flag at Texas A&M's Kyle Field
Bobby Livingston’s biggest prank was also his biggest career mistake. The 44-year-old father of five couldn’t find a job after the joke went viral, which led him to commit suicide in September, according to family members.
Now, his family and friends are speaking out about his depression, the notorious Alabama flag prank and how it all led to his death.
Livingston was lauded as the ultimate Crimson Tide fan in July when he flew a University of Alabama flag on the east side of Kyle Field during renovation work on the stadium, drawing headlines on hundreds of sports websites. He was the youngest of five children and found a way to outshine his siblings, his family said. For a moment, he had something his four sons and daughter, ages 5 to 24, could be proud of.
“The flag, at first, was so funny,” Livingston’s stepsister Brenda Lane wrote in an email. “We all sent him messages that he was a star. Then the negative comments started coming out.”
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