On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:05:27 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>
>> hahabogus wrote:
>> > So like the song says Don't
>> > worry...be happy (BTW the composer killed himself). A fixed bedtime
>> > routine works wonders, works kinda like self hypnosis.
>>
>> I googled on "Don't worry be happy" and learned from Wikipedia that the
>> song is by musician Bobby McFerrin. McFerrin is still living. The
>> phrase is an expression often used by Meher Baba. He was injured in a
>> car wreck which caused him considerable pain. He died in 1968. While
>> he did engage in seclusion, meditation, and fasting, and while these may
>> have contributed to his death in some way, no mention was made of suicide.
>
>Snopes has a full debunking of this urban legend:
>
>http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mcferrin.asp
>
>Although McFerrin didn't commit suicide, the guy who
>wrote "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and
>Smile, Smile, Smile" did in fact commit suicide.

a case of justifiable suicide.

your pal,
blake
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