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Jun 28, 2007 · The coroner’s report into the suicide of American comedian Richard Jeni has revealed a tragic history of depression. The comic shot himself in the head at his West Hollywood home in March, at the age of 49.
Jun 27, 2007 · JUNE 27--Three months before Richard Jeni shot himself to death in his Hollywood home, the comedian was involuntarily hospitalized after complaining of suicidal depression and saying that he...
Mar 13, 2007 · Stand-up comedian Richard Jeni died Sunday of a gunshot wound. He was 49. The apparent suicide has not yet been confirmed by autopsy results.
- Madeleine Brand
Police and paramedics arrived and transported Jeni to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he died. His family later stated with certainty that the death was a suicide and that Jeni had recently been diagnosed with "severe clinical depression coupled with fits of psychotic paranoia ." [9]
No suicide note was found, said Lt. Fred Corral of the coroner’s office’s investigative division. Jeni died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Winter said.
Jun 30, 2007 · Comedian Richard Jeni, who shot himself to death in March, had a history of mental illness and was hospitalized late last year for suicidal depression, according to a coroner's report obtained...
Mar 12, 2007 · Richard Jeni, a Los Angeles comedian who played to sold-out crowds at Hollywood’s Laugh Factory and appeared frequently on NBC’s “Tonight” show, died Saturday in an apparent suicide, police...