One of my dearest Heroes.
Stephen Fry, whose wonderful documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive has helped educate millions, “…has revealed that he attempted suicide in 2012 while he was filming abroad, saying it was “a close run thing”.
Stephen, who is president of the mental health charity Mind, has spoken openly about his struggle with bipolar disorder.
Read more here.
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SandySue Altered
Jun 07, 2013 @ 12:10:58
An all time great. Superb writer and comic. His partnership with Hugh Laurie was quite formative in my language development. And of course, the late great Spike Milligan, who was also bipolar, as far as I know.
Jun 07, 2013 @ 12:53:20
I was sorry to hear he’d tried suicide again, but that’s what we do. I’m sending him good juju in the ethers.