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Thread ID: 105544	2009-12-06 06:28:00	Billy Joel's Daughter Took Pills in NYC - Possible Suicide Attempt	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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836909	2009-12-06 06:28:00	Alexa Ray Joel, the daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, was hospitalized after taking eight pills at her Manhattan apartment, a law enforcement official said Saturday. A friend frantically called 911 shortly after noon Saturday from the singer's Greenwich Village apartment saying Joel, 23, had taken several pills, the official told The Associated Press. Joel took eight pills, though officials didn't know what kind she had ingested, an official said; it wasn't clear whether she had accidentally overdosed or attempted suicide, the official said.	SurferJoe46 (51)
836910	2009-12-06 06:55:00	Poor girl but who cares? There are tons of people OD'ing all the time that we don't hear about or care about so why the daughter of a famous musician (although i wont deny that hes freakin awesome) Sorry just dont get into pop culture gossip etc	hueybot3000 (3646)
836911	2009-12-06 07:31:00	Poor girl but who cares? There are tons of people OD'ing all the time that we don't hear about or care about so why the daughter of a famous musician (although i wont deny that hes freakin awesome) Sorry just dont get into pop culture gossip etc Nah - I posted this for a reason . SOME people here were all upset that Tiger had a splash all over the media and they thought it was an invasion of HIS privacy (the premise of which I do NOT believe) . But here again is another H-Wood type with a splash that is for the most part a negative . It's just human to want the dirt on ivory tower people who tout their proficiency/talent over everyone else and use that as leverage to swim to the top of the food chain . Talent is talent and scandal is scandal - but they do NOT have to exist in the same person . Unfortunately there's the old saying: "Power (or money) corrupts, and ABSOLUTE POWER (or money money) ABSOLUTELY corrupts" . The truth is that everyone likes the "Man Bites Dog" type story - here it's just another H-Wood oddball getting de-pegged! Too bad - it shouldn't be this way - but it is . Maybe Billy should have been at home being a good dad instead of leaving her to fester in self-denial and depression . The mom I also find reprehensible for the screwed up kid they made together . I blame the absent and don't care parents for most of the societal ills going on around us these days .	SurferJoe46 (51)
836912	2009-12-06 07:50:00	I blame the absent and don't care parents for most of the societal ills going on around us these days. +1	KarameaDave (15222)
836913	2009-12-06 08:03:00	I'd hazard a guess and say you don't have a single clue as to how she was brought up. Besides, shes an adult.	Metla (12)
836914	2009-12-06 08:36:00	Too bad - it shouldn't be this way - but it is . Maybe Billy should have been at home being a good dad instead of leaving her to fester in self-denial and depression . The mom I also find reprehensible for the screwed up kid they made together . I blame the absent and don't care parents for most of the societal ills going on around us these days . I hope this isn't some of your religous teachings about to come out . Lets leave the trash tabloid **** to the american forums . Oh, I dear say suicide hasn't got much to do with your up bringing .	plod (107)
836915	2009-12-06 08:41:00	Joe, that is a non news item. Like that golfer fella. This is the stuff that sells womens magazines only. Ken :annoyed:	kenj (9738)
836916	2009-12-06 08:46:00	Geez lighten up guys; and argue the point, not the man! I believe Joe was trying to make an observation here, not post this to wind anyone up :thumbs:	nofam (9009)
836917	2009-12-06 09:15:00	I think NZ has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. I have some contentious thoughts on suicide: Some just want an end to mental / physical pain and its their right to end the suffering. I think we should respect the persons choice they had a guts full and don't want to continue. The more its talked about the bigger the chance it will become trendy and copycat behaviour will follow. I think people who have suicide attempts especially multiple attempts are crying out for sympathy. I know some people will think I am a bastard but but imo people who do half assed suicide attempts are contemptible.	prefect (6291)
836918	2009-12-06 09:24:00	I consider it a persons right to suicide, Though I have seen the damage done to those left behind and it aint pretty. I don't agree a non-newsworthy event becomes newsworthy because the person is famous, or in the case of the women whose actions are reported in this thread, a person no one has ever heard of who happens to be related to someone famous.	Metla (12)
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