A mother's tale

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Cooper, who was a Princeton graduate and journalist, committed suicide at age 23 in 1988. His mother recounts how he had been behaving strangely just before he dropped from an upstairs balcony. He had been using a respiratory medication that may have been to blame.

Author: Vanderbilt, Gloria
Mothers, Cooper, Carter

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Nancy Gracey takes on the terrorists

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After Nancy Gracey's son, Paddy, was shot by Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, she formed Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT). This organization assists persons who suffered from IRA and Loyalist groups' atrocities.

Author: McCrystal, Cal
Ireland, Crime, Irish Republican Army

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Ann Humphry's final exit

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The death of National Hemlock Society director Humphrey's second wife is steeped in controversy. Although Ann Humphrey survived breast cancer, unlike his first wife, she suffered from depression and a failed marriage.

Author: McCrystal, Cal
Social aspects, Social policy, Euthanasia, Humphry, Ann, Humphry, Derek, National Hemlock Society

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Suicide, Biography
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