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Old 03-09-2010, 02:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he must have also struggled with depression. Not long after their third album, Petri broke up the band to be on a hiatus for unspecified time and went for another trip to India. Not long after he came back to Finland, in the summer of 1995, he jumped to his death from a church tower in Helsinki. The reason for his suicide still remains a mystery, though some believe it may have been caused by a broken heart. The song "For All Mankind" from their last record is by some regarded as his suicide note.
You don't need a reason to struggle with depression. Some people are born with it, or develop it, for no reason at all.

But good thread. I like the morbidity.
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