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Sad Ending for Bill & Susan Heywood

Both the Beer Baron and Bill's daughter shed a much different light on Susan Heywood than most non-radio people knew. The fact that she prohibited gum chewing and praying at their memorial service says a lot about the control Susan had over Heywood and the lavish lifestyle they led. A tip of the fez to Michael Clancy for his well researched article on this Valley tragedy.
 
Dr. Akbar said:
Both the Beer Baron and Bill's daughter shed a much different light on Susan Heywood than most non-radio people knew. The fact that she prohibited gum chewing and praying at their memorial service says a lot about the control Susan had over Heywood and the lavish lifestyle they led. A tip of the fez to Michael Clancy for his well researched article on this Valley tragedy.
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How would anyone know if someone had been praying or was praying at the memorial? That's like controlling someone's thoughts. Not possible. With all due respect.
 
Really good article.

So what happened to the room at the Homewood Suites Hotel? I guess the management can't rent it again, or if they do, would probably have to disclose that there were deaths in the room. While this was a very difficult decision for the Heywoods, I don't like that they used someone else property to end their lives.
 
Such a sad story. I think a good rule of thumb is to focus on the positive attributes of a person once they pass on. We all have our less desireable qualities we are working on.

Certainly, Susan was the love of Bill's life and seemed to have brought lots of joy to him. =)
 
tangledup7 said:
We all have our less desireable qualities we are working on.

Certainly, Susan was the love of Bill's life and seemed to have brought lots of joy to him. =)
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Orchestrating a double suicide is a lousy self-improvement technique.

And while there's no doubt Bill loved Susan, she cost him income, jobs, a career and ultimately his life.

I worked with Bill at KTAR. He was a great talent, and a very nice man. If he'd had professional representation, I have no doubt he would have had a long, unbroken run at KTAR, would have semi-retired as a very wealthy man and many of the dominos simply would not have fallen.

I've never met Bill's daughter, but I'm so sorry for what she's been through and I applaud her bravery in speaking out. It couldn't have been easy. Apart from her allegation that Susan wasn't sick (which the autopsy should have determined), she said what most of us who knew and liked Bill have been thinking.
 
While it is tragic that they killed themselves, some things about them are disturbing. They lived well beyond their means, spending like crazy, fancy meals every night, extravagant homes, and no planning for the future. Susan killed his career by infuriating any potential employer. She doesn't sound like a nice person, and her controlling, and their lifestyles led them to financial ruin. So, rather than do what others would do..(plan, save, live within your means), they took the cowardly way out.

whatever
 
Legend City said:
While it is tragic that they killed themselves, some things about them are disturbing. They lived well beyond their means, spending like crazy, fancy meals every night, extravagant homes, and no planning for the future. Susan killed his career by infuriating any potential employer. She doesn't sound like a nice person, and her controlling, and their lifestyles led them to financial ruin. So, rather than do what others would do..(plan, save, live within your means), they took the cowardly way out.

whatever
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If I had a quarter for every time I heard the word "cowardly" tossed around nonchalantly vis a vis suicide, I would have enough money to buy one of those extravagant homes.
 
Oh man the mind goes into imagination overdive with this very very sad story. No way to know if there may have been a chemical dependence of some sort. No way to know how material things played a part in reinforcing their respective self-esteem. I remember Bill as a very smooth, and listenable talent. Did not know his wife. To make a conscious decision to get up in the morning with the thought "this is the day" and then write all those notes, and signs must have been an enormous thing for the both of them. Was she the one who wrote the letters, and signs? Was she the one who ultimately chose the method and the preparation for this life-ending event? And in the end..as apparently according to the article..was she the one who insisted that Bill terminate her first..with the knowledge that IF he backed down and didn't shoot himself HE would be charged with murder? Was this woman really that selfishly low? I am truly disturbed at this one. It has had me thinking sad thoughts all weekend. Even completely penniless, and destitute I can not fathom this. It escapes my rationale.
 
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