Ex-'SNL' player Charles Rocket (the "F-bomb" guy) commits suicide

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Ex-'SNL' player Charles Rocket a suicide

Monday, October 17, 2005; Posted: 12:00 p.m. EDT (16:00 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/17/comedian.suicide.ap/index.html

FARMINGTON, Connecticut (AP) -- Charles Rocket, a comedian and actor who appeared on "Saturday Night Live" and had roles in a variety of movies and television series, committed suicide, the state medical examiner has ruled.

Rocket, 56, whose real name was Charles Claverie, was found dead in a field near his home in Canterbury on October 7. His throat had been cut, the medical examiner said.

"An investigation determined there was no criminal aspect to this case," State Police Sgt. J. Paul Vance said Monday.

Rocket was a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" during the 1980-81 season, a tumultuous year that followed the departure of the original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" and founding producer Lorne Michaels. Rocket gained notoriety when he was fired from "SNL" for swearing on the air. He went on to appear in numerous TV shows, including "Moonlighting" and "Max Headroom," and provided voices for cartoon series. His movie credits included "Earth Girls are Easy," "Dumb and Dumber" and "Dances With Wolves," according to the Internet Movie Database.

[RebelOne]

1. That sounds fishy to me.

How does one cut one's own throat?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. It's been done before...

Jane Fonda's mother, in fact, slit her own throat and died after getting out of the hospital for mental health problems.

Very very ugly way to die.

[LibertyLover]

6. Years ago

the mother of a classmate was terribly depressed following the birth of her last child. She used an electric carving knife to slit her throat. From the farewell note she left, she had intended to kill the baby too, but at the last minute decided not to. It's not a common form of suicide, but it can be done.

[HereSince1628]

8. With a VERY sharp knife, straight razors work well, need one?

cause if you do, I can call the crisis center for you

[medeak]

2. throat cut is a suicide? n/t

[shenmue]

3. What a shame

Very sorry

:cry: :-(

[tlsmith1963]

4. Oh, My God...

...he was in one of my favorite shows, Max Headroom. He played Grossberg. Geez, this is sad...

Tammy

PS--Any fans of that show here?

[spanone]

7. How would one go about cutting one's own throat?????

Seems like there would be a lot of more 'peaceful' ways of opting out!

[90-percent]

9. Gee.

didn't know he lived in Farmington. What a terrible shame. I always liked everything he did.

-85%

[eShirl]

13. if you know the right place

actually if you know what you're doing it wouldn't take long to bleed to death. that big artry (carotid, sp?) runs up on side of the neck.

One of my classmates back in high school used to say Charlie Rocket was his cousin...

[zalinda]

10. Those eyes are haunting and sad n/t

[tlsmith1963]

12. Agreed

I hadn't seen him in much lately. Maybe he couldn't take the fact that he couldn't get work. According to a book about SNL, he loved attention. Maybe he never got over that.

Tammy

[WinkyDink]

11. I loved him on "Moonlighting".

This news is very shocking and distressing.

17. what character did he play on moonlighting?

I can't remember his face on that show.

[shenmue]

18. He played David's brother

...Richard Addison.

[kwassa]

14. I went to college with him, at R.I.S.D.

He used to MC all the school events, and he was hilarious. He did a long monologue in front of assembled alumni about the seven different schools of farting. Charlie also had a band that was a bit like the Mothers of Invention, called the Fabulous Motels, that were actually very good. He always wore ladies butterfly sunglasses on stage. There was group of dancing girls that were called the Tantalizing Tampoons that performed with the band.

I remember his yearbook photo where he had his penis sticking out of his pants at the Montreal Expo, captioned "Expo at Expo". I know he was married on a mothballed battleship, too. Not your average guy.

[displacedtexan]

15. He was the dad in "Hocus Pocus."

He said, "Hey, watch your language!"

Hilarious.

As for the suicide, think Masada.

[devilgrrl]

16. Gee whiz...

how awful. :-(