Last month, a reliable family guy with a big laugh became a news story when he didn't show up for work. A week later, he was found dead of what authorities are confident was a suicide.
It's not uncommon. Like people I've known who have taken their lives, he was a hardworking middle-aged white guy with a solid track record — exactly the kind of American most likely to die by suicide.
Each case is heartbreaking and haunting.
I blame, in part, the American Dream.
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