Man's mystery suicide mirrors that of organ donor

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Man's mystery suicide mirrors that of organ donor
Wednesday Apr 9 10:00 AEST

By Erin Tennant
ninemsn

A "happy-go-lucky" man who killed himself with a shotgun died in the same manner and using the same method as the man from whom he received a transplanted heart over a decade earlier.
Sonny Graham was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the throat in his backyard shed last Tuesday, US media reports.

The owner of local online newspaper Vidalia Trader, Jeffery Luke, described the retired plant manager as "a good hearted, outgoing, happy-go-lucky kinda fellow".

"People would say that he never met a stranger," Mr Luke told ninemsn.



"If he saw someone in need of help, he'd help without thinking twice."

Mr Graham, 69, never met Terry Cottle, who fatally shot himself 13 years ago, but took the heart of the 33-year-old South Carolina man in an organ transplant operation when on the verge of congestive heart failure.

Mr Graham contacted widow Cheryl Cottle a year later expressing his gratitude.

They continued their correspondence before meeting in person and eventually falling in love.

The couple married in 2004 and moved to the US state of Georgia with the six children they had from previous marriages.

In a 2006 interview with a local newspaper, Mr Graham said he felt an instant and unusual attachment when he met his donor's widow.

"I felt like I had known her for years," Mr Graham was quoted by The Island Packet as saying.

"I couldn't keep my eyes off her — I just stared."

His suicide sent a ripple of shock through the community.

"You never know what goes on in a person's mind," Mr Luke said.

"Sonny was well known to many people and they all thought highly of him... He never seemed to be that kind of person [to commit suicide]."

Mr Graham was laid to rest at a memorial service last Friday.

[November Rain]

Jeeze! Poor woman! Two husbands killing themselves the same way - bet she's feeling dreadful.

Very strange. There are more things in heaven and earth...

[The Gentleman Scamp]

^ Don't get all Christian on us NR.

[Norton]

^ Don't get all Christian on us NR.

Don't think it's a Christian thing. NR has proof of ghosts.

[Thetyim]

Jeeze! Poor woman! Two husbands killing themselves the same way - bet she's feeling dreadful.

She's the one who drove them to it with all her nagging

[kingwilly]

She's the one who drove them to it with all her nagging

I think so !

[The Gentleman Scamp]

^ Don't get all Christian on us NR.

Don't think it's a Christian thing. NR has proof of ghosts.

Dogs can see them.

[walrus]

^ Are you inferring that NR is a dog ...?

[zipcode]

The widow's gonna have a heck of a time finding a third husband....

[slimboyfat]

and i expect the next patient will reject that heart

[November Rain]

Don't get all Christian on us NR.

Not Christian. Shakespeare. Hamlet Act one scene 5.
'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'

But Norts is right - there's definitely a ghost in it.

[bkkmadness]

You'd better clarify even further NR.

Shakespeare was a famous English playwright. You might have seen some of the movies Scamp.

[DrAndy]

Jeeze! Poor woman! Two husbands killing themselves the same way - bet she's feeling dreadful.

She's the one who drove them to it with all her nagging

I am suprised the police are not investigating this

Having got away with murder once, maybe she now used the same method a second time

It has happened before, but usually with poison

Jailed: Poisoner they called the Black Widow

[baldrick]

Shakespeare was a famous English playwright.

aka. one of your pommy git brethren

been spotted down soi 6 in a manU shirt at odd hours and proud of his beer gut

[English Noodles]

Don't get all Christian on us NR.

Not Christian. Shakespeare. Hamlet Act one scene 5.
'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'

But Norts is right - there's definitely a ghost in it.

Always a pleasure to see some Shakespeare on the forum.

Hamlet:
Swear by my sword
Never to speak of this that you have heard.

Ghost:
[Beneath] Swear by his sword.

Hamlet:
Well said, old mole, canst work i' th' earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.

Horatio:
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!

Hamlet:
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

[walrus]

^

Modern Translation

Hamlet:
Swear by my sword
Never to speak of this that you have heard.
Farkin tell any other farker and I'll kick your farkin head in !

Ghost:
[Beneath] Swear by his sword.
For farks sake bro keep your shirt on, Im solid me !

Hamlet:
Well said, old mole, canst work i' th' earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.
Fark me Horace me old mucca that was a quick shag did you pay her.

Horatio:
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
Great skunk i'm farked !

Hamlet:
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Fark off Horace you stupid farked up kunt !

[November Rain]

Ghost: [Beneath] Swear by his sword.
For farks sake bro keep your shirt on, Im solid me !

More like 'Do it! Swear!'

As for the rest of it - 'Hamlet on yaa-baa' sound a good title?

[friscofrankie]

Having got away with murder once, maybe she now used the same method a second time It has happened before, but usually with poison

Yep my thoughts exactly. She was successful in faking the first suicide - repeat the scenario. I'm sure there's got a be couple skeptics on the local police force thinking the same way.