Nurse duped by Australian radio DJs found dead in suspected suicide

[Jarnhamar]

So, his wife killed herself a couple of days ago and he's posting on FB?  You know there's no level the media won't stoop to, to get a story...

Responding to friends and family offering condolences and support yup.

 

[PMedMoe]

Responding to friends and family offering condolences and support yup.

I guess everyone grieves differently.....  :dunno:

 

[Jarnhamar]

I guess everyone grieves differently.....  :dunno:

Agreed.  When one of my soldiers sons hung themselves at Christmas time he posted an update on facebook thanking everyone for their support and condolences and posted when the funeral services were.  We were glad to hear from him.

 

[The Bread Guy]

I guess everyone grieves differently.....  :dunno:

Agreed.  When one of my soldiers sons hung themselves at Christmas time he posted an update on facebook thanking everyone for their support and condolences and posted when the funeral services were.  We were glad to hear from him.

Bang on - what helps for one might not work for another.  That said, it's a good thing to pay close attention to who can see what you post BEFORE something happens where you're not thinking straight, and may share stuff you don't really want to share as broadly.

Sadly, such lessons have to be learned when mistakes happen.

 

[OldSolduer]

I guess everyone grieves differently.....  :dunno:

When Mike was killed one of our friends set up a FB in Mike's memory. It helps, or at least I think so.

 

[old medic]

Kate Middleton prank DJs get jobs back

Associated Press
28 Jan 2013
copy at: http://www.thespec.com/news/article/876870--kate-middleton-prank-djs-get-jobs-back

SYDNEY The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially cancelled.

The show and the two DJs behind the prank in December were widely condemned after the death of a nurse who answered the phone and helped the DJs get confidential information about the former Kate Middleton’s health.

The “Hot 30” program was taken off air following the death of the nurse, Jacintha Saldanha, and the Australian Associated Press reported Monday that Southern Cross Austereo, the parent company of radio station 2DayFM, announced the program had been formerly cancelled.

The AAP quoted Southern Cross Austereo Chief Executive Rhys Holleran as saying DJs Michael Christian and Mel Greig will go back on the air.

More: Family and Friends remember nurse

“We look forward to Mel and MC returning to work when the time is right, in roles that make full use of their talents,” Holleran said in a statement Monday.

The DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, as they phoned London’s King Edward VII hospital in the early hours of Dec. 4 to ask about the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge, who had been hospitalized there after suffering from severe morning sickness.

The DJs’ shaky upper-crust accents were apparently enough to fool Saldanha, who put them through to a colleague who in turn described the details of Kate’s condition.

The call went viral and was broadcast the world over. But the incident took a darker turn after Saldanha’s body was found hanging in her room three days after the prank. It was an apparent suicide that many have assumed was related to the stress from the call.

Greig and Christian apologized in emotional interviews on Australian television, saying they never expected their call would be put through.