C. he was set upon by his enemies, fled and then committed suicide.

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Then he gave it to Peter Ham of Badfinger, then Ham committed suicide .

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Then a grip committed suicide.

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Her school friends have married well, while she and her sister make a living entering shabby houses in which people have been murdered or committed suicide and then cleaning up the remnants of their lives.

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He said he had told the girl's mother about his feelings for her but he said he "effectively committed suicide" as the mother recorded their phone conversation and then passed it on to the head teacher.

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California reinstated capital punishment in 1978, and since then, 57 condemned inmates have died from natural causes, 20 have committed suicide, 13 have been executed in California, one was executed in Missouri and six died from other causes, authorities said.

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Then, as if to permanently seal her hold on her tortured son, Janet Fischl committed suicide by smashing her VW bus into the only tree on a desert road near her home.

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After Bernardin mysteriously committed suicide at the club, in 1994, his family took control of it, and then sold it in 2005.

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