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- 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs committed suicide by ingesting an overdose of prescription drugs. He was broadcasting to a room full of viewers on his Justin.tv channel.
- Kevin Whitrick, a 42-year-old British man, hanged himself after logging into a chatroom on PalTalk, screening the proceedings through a webcam.
- Chris McKinstry, an AI researcher, committed suicide after posting a note to both his blog and the Joel on Software off-topic forum explaining the reasons for his demise, which was discontinued shortly afterwards.
- Dan Bucci, 19, consumed psychedelic mushrooms, made suicidal threats on IRC, vandalized his neighborhood nude and with a knife, before attacking a police officer in his car, who fatally shot him.
- A German was prevented from killing himself after Spanish internet users saw him announcing his decision.
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