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[As you can see, I'm adding archived vintage TV Guide Online articles to our Gallery. So surfing their current Guide, this article really hit home. It's terrible that someone can get so desperate about his ailing condition to inflict this on himself - other sites report that he had already had one leg amputated. There must be so many, far more humane and supportive, alternatives.]
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Seinfeld-Suicide-Shot-Von-Bargen-1043672.aspx
Feb 22, 2012
Seinfeld actor Daniel von Bargen, who's best known for playing George Costanza's boss Mr. Kruger in the sitcom, is in critical condition after a failed suicide attempt earlier this week, TMZ reports.
The 61-year-old was in his Cincinnati apartment Monday morning when he shot himself in the head and then called for help. According to audio of the 911 tape posted on the gossip site, he told the operator, "I've shot myself in the head and I need help."
The gunshot to the temple was not an accident. Von Bargen, who is a diabetic, recently learned some bad news. "I was supposed to go to the hospital and I didn't want to. So I shot myself... They were supposed to amputate at least a few toes."
Von Bargen was transported to a nearby hospital.
The veteran actor also recurred as Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle. On the big screen, he's appeared in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Faculty and Super Troopers.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Seinfeld-Suicide-Shot-Von-Bargen-1043672.aspx
Feb 22, 2012
Seinfeld actor Daniel von Bargen, who's best known for playing George Costanza's boss Mr. Kruger in the sitcom, is in critical condition after a failed suicide attempt earlier this week, TMZ reports.
The 61-year-old was in his Cincinnati apartment Monday morning when he shot himself in the head and then called for help. According to audio of the 911 tape posted on the gossip site, he told the operator, "I've shot myself in the head and I need help."
The gunshot to the temple was not an accident. Von Bargen, who is a diabetic, recently learned some bad news. "I was supposed to go to the hospital and I didn't want to. So I shot myself... They were supposed to amputate at least a few toes."
Von Bargen was transported to a nearby hospital.
The veteran actor also recurred as Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle. On the big screen, he's appeared in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Faculty and Super Troopers.
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