Man Hangs Himself in Brooklyn Park, Leaves Note on Facebook

2009_02_ppol.jpg The Daily News reports that a 30-year-old man committed suicide—"A jogger discovered the body of Paul Zolezzi, 30, about 7 a.m., police said"— (apparently near the Brooklyn Museum in Mount Prospect Park, not Prospect Park) and left a suicide note on his Facebook status. His message read, left last night, reads, "Was born in San Francisco, became a shooting star over everywhere, and ended his life in Brooklyn......And couldn't have asked for more." His mother told the News that her son, an aspiring model and actor with a heroin addiction, was depressed after a broken engagement. She also blamed the drugs, "I would say that people get so lonely, so delusional that all they want to do is be remembered... He probably wanted to be remembered in a big way, to do it dramatically - that's what drugs will do to people."

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this was NOT in Prospect Park, but in Mount Prospect Park, which is a smaller park near Brooklyn Museum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Prospect_Park

Please correct.

Wow, I always thought it was still part of Prospect Park! Good to know.

...I learned something today.

I love how people will link to Wikipedia as a "source" and not from the REAL source that the Wikipedia boob got his information from:

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12472

Why on earth would Wikipedia have an entry on such an obscure place, anyway? No one but the small number of New Yorkers who live or visit that area would know about it. Spam much?

guess that means there's a waiter's job and an apartment available somewhere.

Tough crew here. Glad you all feel so good about yourselves.

I do, actually.

'Cuz I'm not a needle junkie.

Needle Junkies find death easier than porros aficionados.

Whoa you really must be out of touch with reality to leave a suicide note on Facebook.

Another life wasted to drugs :(

He didn't leave a suicide note, but an obit. Really sad.

Now everybody will always remember Whatshisface forever & ever.

Awww...another self centered, useless, shallow, hipster, drug addict killed himself.

1 down, several thousand to go.

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