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[elizilla]

I just received this in my email. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to say. I just talked to him a few days ago, we were talking about taking a trip next summer. He sounded a bit better. He had gone back to work recently, which was good, and he was settling into a new place. Now he's gone. I don't know what to do.

Hi all,

I'm Christie L------, a friend of Iain O'Cain's. You are all either part
of a group of friends who opted into the same LJ filter as I did to in
order to offer support to Iain during his recent difficulties or I've
been given your name as a friend of Iain's. I'm sorry to have to tell
you that today we found out that Iain killed himself sometime in the last
day or two. Friends and family became concerned when nobody could contact
him and he was discovered a few hours ago. I have no more details to
offer at this time.

I only met Iain after he'd moved to Edmonton and I don't know many of his
friends from other times and places so I'd like to ask your help in
passing on the sad news to anyone you know who cares about him.

My thoughts are with all of you and with Iain's other friends and family.

Christie

Comments

[erikted.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

I didn't know him well, but I enjoyed his company and I am very very sorry to hear the news. Take care.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear. My condolences.

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. I wish there was some wisdom I could pass on, but I don't think any exists for this kind of thing.

If you want to talk, you have my e-mails and numbers, yes?

Shock

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

This is a shock for me maybe because I only saw Ian at his upbeat best and it appeared that he was pulling things together.

My condolences to you and his other Ann Arbor area friends.

[tanac.livejournal.com]

It seemed to me that things had been going better, too. I think Rose posted somewhere else, though, that there was always some part of him that never saw hope for a future -- and I guess I knew that, on some level.

I hope he's found peace, finally. It's the only positive I can find.

[shadowriderhope.livejournal.com]

Maybe I just wanted to see it, but I felt he had hope, could see a brighter future. Maybe it just seemed that way when I was talking to him. My unbridled (sometimes ridiculous) optimism can get away from me at times; maybe it was just that I wanted to convince him that there was hope.

Silly name, mine. It makes lots of things seem overly maudlin. Blech. :-/

[kgkofmel.livejournal.com]

Haven't reached the bottom of my email yet, so I'm not sure what all is there. We're travelling and not online fequently. Mark picked the news off Stilyagi and gave it to me.

Thought he was looking up lately, I really did. Very sad news.

[brendand.livejournal.com]

I don't believe I knew Iain, but I am always saddened by premature loss. I hope we all hug our friends a little tighter, and call a little more often. I especially hope we appreciate (and share our appreciation for) our friends who we know to be depressed. *hugs*