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1 Usefulness

The most common reasons in favor of writing a suicide note are:

• Easing pain - To make the death easier for those left behind, often by easing guilt.
• Closure - To bring relationships to a close and provide a satisfactory explanation of the reasons for the suicide.
• Autobiography - A summary of one's life or what one likes and dislikes.
• Artistic self-expression - Notes can take the form of a poem or short story.
• Instruction - An explanation of what one wants the readers of the note to do with his or her body, how one wants to be remembered, or things one wants to have happen.
• Revenge - To cause pain or guilt by blaming the suicide on others.

The most common reasons against writing a suicide note are:

• All or nothing - It is impossible to write a note that will eliminate all pain, anger and guilt.
• Consciousness - The person committing suicide will not be around when the note is later read. Also, some believe that one's death may cause the world to cease to exist in reality.
• Physical reminder - The suicide note could serve as a physical reminder of the suicide or could be constantly contemplated by those who read it, increasing their grief.

2 Famous Suicide Notes

The following people have left famous suicide notes

• Kurt Cobain - lead singer of the band Nirvana and husband to Courtney Love
• Virginia Woolf - English feminist author and poet
• O.J. Simpson - Former football player and actorAn actor is a person who acts, or plays a role in an artistic production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies, television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors m who contemplated suicide after being accused of murdering his ex- wife
• James ForrestalJames Vincent Forrestal ( February 15, 1892 May 22, 1949) was a Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense (1947 1949). He suddenly resigned the Defense position, took refuge in a mental hospital, and shortly thereafter committ - Former United States Secretary of DefenseThe United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense concerned with the armed services and military matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. This position was created in 1947, when the Navy, A and Secretary of the Navy
• Roger AngletonRoger Nicholas Angleton ( 1942 April 1998) was the man who confessed to murdering his sister-in law Doris Angleton in her River Oaks home in Houston, Texas. On April 16, 1997, the very day Doris died, Roger missed a court date on drug-related charges. - MurdererMurder is the crime of causing the death of another human being, without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill them, or with intent to cause them grievous bodily harm. When an illegal death is not caused intentionally, but is caused by recklessness or ne and brotherA brother is a male sibling. See also family slang: bro Brother Industries is a corporation that manufactures printers. External Link http://www. com/ Brother is also a title for male Catholic religious. of famous bookmaker Robert Angleton
• J. Clifford Baxter - Enron Corporation executive
• Phaedra - Character from Greek mythology who fell in love with Hippolytus
• Budd Dwyer - disgraced Pennsylvania politician who, on national television, read his suicide note and then shot himself.