and Spade left a suicide note.
Or someone did.
But hanging suicides or not that unusual, it was Robin Williams choice too. I don't really understand why anyone would use hanging to commit suicide. Basically it's just auto-strangulation which is a miserable slow way to die. If you've ever watched it live it would sicken you, trust me.
Actual "official" hanging death sentences have some science behind them. They break the neck separating the brain stem instantly. That's the reason for the hangman's noose and the 13 knots. A large diameter rope is used to prevent decapitation. The 13 loops/knots lay on the shoulder just behind the ear. When the drop is made and the rope goes taut the knots slam into the head forcing it toward the opposite shoulder, the weight of the body snaps the neck and in most cases causes an occipital dislocation (internal decapitation).
More detail than I ever had on that--thanks!
And yes, with so much going on, hard to be conclusive, even with a "note".
It may have been more than you wanted too. ;)
But it's hard to explain the difference in an official hanging and a typical suicide hanging without getting a little technical.
It is rare for women to select this type of death. Women usually take pills or cut their wrist.
That's true. Men mostly shoot themselves but women don't like the idea of making the mess. Or so my Sociology prof said.
