Ned Vizzini: Beloved Author Commits Suicide At Young Age Of 32- December 21, 2013 

Sat, December 21, 2013 11:56am EST by Andrew Gruttadaro

So sad. The author of ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story,’ who wrote openly about his struggles with depression, tragically took his own life in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 19. He was just 32 years old.

Ned Vizzini was a renowned novel and television writer, penning books like

. But he was also known for writing and speaking openly about depression. He was sadly never able to overcome those struggles, and on Dec. 19 he committed suicide at 32 years old.

Ned took his own life by jumping off the roof of his parent’s home in Brooklyn, New York, his brother Daniel told the 

. A medical examiner at the scene confirmed that Ned committed suicide.

Ned was a teenage prodigy, gaining acclaim at the age of 15 for his humorous essays for the

. A collection of his essays were published when he was 19, and his first novel, 

His second chapter as a writer manifested itself in the form of TV. He wrote for 

and was also working as an executive story editor on the upcoming sci-fi series, 

, created by Alfonso Cuaron and executive produced by J.J. Abrams. He was also collaborating with director Chris Columbus on the 

But Ned’s issues stemming from depression always underlined his work and his persona. He checked himself into a psychiatric ward at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn shortly after 

was published in 2004. Then after leaving the psych ward — and writing a book based on his experiences called 

, which was made into a movie in 2010 — Ned began traveling to colleges and other venues to speak out on depression, urging people to recognize the disease and its warning signs. “There are so few things that can really kill you in this world, but one of those things is stress,” Ned told students at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, according to the

The fact that Ned is gone, and the circumstance under which he died, is just so sad. But hopefully his message about recognizing and fighting depression has been heard, and many others will be saved because of him.

Our thoughts go out to Ned’s friends and family during this difficult time.

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I just finished watching the movie and I saw in the credits that this was based on a true story by Ned Vizzini. So I searched his name up and saw this post that he committed suicide. I burst out into tears. At the end of the movie “Craig” (essentially Ned) says to “Live”. I just couldn’t believe the heartbreaking irony because he died..

It’s Kind of a Funny Story is genuinely one of my favourite books of all time and to hear of this news, no matter how late, has touched me and has made this book feel so much more authentic and real to me. Depression is a disease much like cancer or influenza is and people need to realise this. Much love to his family xx

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A depressão é uma marreta sem cabo, quando menos espera, ela cai sobre a cabeça de pessoas, que acha que o mundo gira em torno de seu umbigo, uma grande mulher porem, pode tirar um homem de uma depressão profunda, ou pode acontecer ao contrário, Ederson Maia conheceu seu grande amor, quando ela estava em depressão profunda ( ele fala de MALU, uma catarinense filha de alemães, que nasceu no sul do Brasil.) hoje Malu é a mulher mais amavel e feliz ao lado do escritor de, “BASTARDO, O NÃO ESPERADO” Ederson Maia jamais se deixou levar por vulumes de mulheres, e muito menos por qualquer outra coisa,que pode esmagar um equilibrio de um homem, a depressão tem remédio sim, esteja com quem verdadeiramente te ama, essa injeção de felicidade, vai escorrer em suas veias, alma e coração. Malu não vive hoje, sem Ederson Maia, e é a mulher que o tem inspirado a escrever obras gigantescas que ganhão o mundo.

Learn what the real issue is before you post an ignorant comment like this. You can’t just “deal” with depression, it doesn’t work. If anything “Success and money” helped him get some help so that he fought it for as long as he did. Depression is a serious issue, and people like you make people not want to admit what they have.

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