Ricky Hatton RIP

dennishasdoneit said:
This. People don't always want/ need to attend a funeral to pay their respects.
I've missed loads over the years for one reason or another.
Also in Peps case ,it's not really about them,and Pep might have thought he'd be taking the spotlight away a bit...no idea ...but I doubt it's a disrespectful thing

In any event ,nowadays,if folk went to every funeral they could they'd be off work every two days

A sign of the times....
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My brother got it right after my mum died.
Some family couldn't make it cos they live thousands of miles away.

He said: "It's what you did for her when she was alive, that was important, not being here for her funeral."

I was gutted I missed a cricket club's stalwarts funeral, but I know that I always sat and had a chat with him every Saturday/Sunday through the season.
So I thought about what my brother said and it made realise the most important part was when he was there every weekend.
I wanted to be there for his son, who I know, but he knew how well I got on with his dad.
 
Sad it has been confirmed that he hanged himself which was the rumour at the ground on the day it happened, although how anybody actually knew that is strange.
 
paulchapo said:
Sad it has been confirmed that he hanged himself which was the rumour at the ground on the day it happened, although how anybody actually knew that is strange.
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Someone posted that on here within minutes of it coming out he’d passed.

For the families sake I wish things like this were kept out of the public. Should be for them to know only.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
Someone posted that on here within minutes of it coming out he’d passed.

For the families sake I wish things like this were kept out of the public. Should be for them to know only.
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It never is. I guess such has to be common knowledge legally in any death, especially suicide. With a well known public figure the media print it, for Joe Bloggs I guess the majority don't get a mention.
 
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LangleyBlue1970 said:
Someone posted that on here within minutes of it coming out he’d passed.

For the families sake I wish things like this were kept out of the public. Should be for them to know only.
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I'm probably being naive, but I'd like to think some good can come of it being public knowledge. Perhaps someone who is struggling with their mental health who looked up to Ricky, may see it as, if depression can get him, it can get me and may push a few more to seek help.

At least id like to think that
 
Gray said:
I just wish he had had people with him who could have helped him, bloody sad.
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The thing is he appeared to have plenty of people around him who were all aware he suffered mentally. He had a tight group of childhood friends, his family, people in boxing and the media he had got to know. He also knew that almost all the public thought highly of him too. Sadly it's not always enough when the darkness descends. I think it was Phil Collins who sang the line " My friends all come round, but I'm in a crowd and on my own" in the song if leaving me is easy. That's it.
 
paulchapo said:
The thing is he appeared to have plenty of people around him who were all aware he suffered mentally. He had a tight group of childhood friends, his family, people in boxing and the media he had got to know. He also knew that almost all the public thought highly of him too. Sadly it's not always enough when the darkness descends. I think it was Phil Collins who sang the line " My friends all come round, but I'm in a crowd and on my own" in the song if leaving me is easy. That's it.
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It’s not sadly. Two lads who I knew hung themselves. One in the garage and his dad found him. He said he was going to sort his car for the morning and when his dad went to check on him 30 mins later he was dead. The other had some debt and a drug habit. Horrible. Mental illness is dreadful and still not really accepted fully. These two lads were in their 30’s.
 
paulchapo said:
It never is. I guess such have to be common knowledge legally in any death, especially suicide. With a well known public figure the media print it, for Joe Bloggs I guess the majority don't get a mention.
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For once the media has mostly handled this tragedy sensitively (so far). I think Ricky was just loved by everyone who met him, including the press.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
It’s not sadly. Two lads who I knew hung themselves. One in the garage and his dad found him. He said he was going to sort his car for the morning and when his dad went to check on him 30 mins later he was dead. The other had some debt and a drug habit. Horrible. Mental illness is dreadful and still not really accepted fully. These two lads were in their 30’s.
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My uncles best mate killed himself in my Grandmas kitchen in Withington in the 80s. Early 20’s, had been through a bad break up and my grandma had taken him in. Uncle got home late from work and found him, same way Ian Curtis did it
 
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