Irate car buyer kills himself on plane [View All]

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An angry Gerry Georgettis drove his SUV through the window of a car dealership, then torched the business. Four days later, he hung himself aboard a plane bound for Los Angeles.
BY DAVID OVALLE
Miami Herald

He was a mild-mannered former rock band crew member who spent the past four years happily running a performing arts center in North Miami Beach.

Then last week, Gerry Georgettis became to some a consumer hero when he plowed his new Ford Escape into a dealership Saturday, then torched about a dozen cars -- all, police said, because he felt he got a bad deal.

His sudden notoriety turned tragic when police reported Thursday that Georgettis had committed suicide the day before, hanging himself inside a bathroom aboard a flight bound from a Virginia suburb of Washington to Los Angeles.

Friends said they were baffled about his death and the event last weekend that put Georgettis into headlines across the country.

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