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In reply to the discussion: Office of @RepRaskin announces his 25-year-old son Tommy has died. [View all]MH1
(17,600 posts)43. Terrible loss. Folks should stop with speculations of "suicide"
just because the cause of death is undisclosed.
There are a lot of ways a healthy young person can die suddenly, and suicide isn't the only one that parents might not want to disclose.
It's none of our business, and the assumption of suicide as the cause could be hurtful. Just accept that we don't know, and it is a tragedy no matter the cause.
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I was thinking more about a donation to whatever cause the Raskin' deem appropriate.
OAITW r.2.0
Dec 2020
#5
It could have been a number of things, but they won't know until an autopsy.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2021
#49
I believe that article is a publication of Amherst. Probably started when a student there.
LiberalArkie
Dec 2020
#24
My heart aches for them. It's against nature for a child to pass on before the parents. nt
iluvtennis
Dec 2020
#36
Reads like a possible death by suicide, making it even more tragic if so. Sigh.
Rabrrrrrr
Dec 2020
#41
That family must be in tatters. What a horrible, horrible turn of events.
BobTheSubgenius
Dec 2020
#46
Second Year Harvard Law Student, Described as 'Pure Magic,' Dies at 25
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2021
#47