Stothert's husband dead?

[Daddy]

Wonder what the story is here? Self inflicted? Sad deal in any case.

Dr. Joseph Stothert, husband of Mayor Jean Stothert, found dead at family home

Dr. Joseph Stothert, husband of Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, was found dead Friday afternoon in the family's southwest Omaha home.

www.ketv.com

 

[Kaladin]

It sounds to me like he shot himself.

 

[Jim14510]

 

[Daddy]

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Damn.

 

[Jim14510]

Damn.

Heard a rumor that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. No idea if accurate.

 

[LoudHogRider]

Heard a rumor that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. No idea if accurate.

I don't think I'd stick around for the final stages of either ALS or Alzheimers. Pick a final sunset and call it a wrap. Perhaps that's what happened here. Because she's a public figure, Jean won't get the privacy that a tragic moment like this deserves. A truly sad situation anyway you look at it.

 

[Jim14510]

I don't think I'd stick around for the final stages of either ALS or Alzheimers. Pick a final sunset and call it a wrap. Perhaps that's what happened here. Because she's a public figure, Jean won't get the privacy that a tragic moment like this deserves. A truly sad situation anyway you look at it.

Not sure i could do it.

 

[Link-]

Not sure i could do it.

If that’s true he was sick and chose to do this, I’d say it would be an incredibly bold move. And I mean that sincerely.
To me, it comes down ending things on your own terms or living life in a seriously degraded state where your quality of life is so severely diminished that any semblance of the life you remember you had enjoyed was gone. I mean really, what’s the point? Do you want your family to remember your suffering and becoming a shell of your former self? It’s fucking sad but dammit I respect the decision.

In any other instance besides terminal illness and immediately imminent death barring the possibility of a scientific miracle, I’d say it’s the cowardly way out— Life is a blessing.