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Ray Combs
ChrisLambert!:
[quote name=\'FeudDude\' date=\'May 9 2004, 09:44 PM\'] My theory on Ray's suicide was that up until he got mercilessly fired from Feud and his marriage fell apart, he had a very happy life, [/quote]
I hate to get into this, but if you have the chance, read the story on Ray in TV Guide right around the time his version of "Feud" was debuting. He was not a terribly happy man even then.
LA the DJ:
They say tortured souls make the best comedians, and I suppose it rang true in this case.
I've never heard of what happened at the end of his final Feud. What happened?
whewfan:
Quite simply, Ray walked off the set after saying goodbye. He gave no indication that it was his very last show. Usually he stuck around during the credits, but this time he didn't. Reportedly, Ray also left the studio.
Ray, however, gave some hint of how he felt when the second contestant got all zeros during fast money. Ray commented "I must say this is a fine way to go out"
adamjk:
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'May 9 2004, 11:57 PM\'] [quote name=\'FeudDude\' date=\'May 9 2004, 09:44 PM\'] My theory on Ray's suicide was that up until he got mercilessly fired from Feud and his marriage fell apart, he had a very happy life, [/quote]
I hate to get into this, but if you have the chance, read the story on Ray in TV Guide right around the time his version of "Feud" was debuting. He was not a terribly happy man even then. [/quote]
Actually it's quite interesting that you bring that up, because former WWF and WCW broadcaster as well as former WWF manager, Bobby Heenan in his book mentioned Ray. He was good friend of Bobby's. Bobby stated in the book, that Ray felt demeaned doing a game show.
BTW, out of curiousity what did Ray say in the interview with Tv Guide that gave you the impression that he wasn't too happy then?
combsisthebest:
This is just a partial quote from an email I received from Toni Combs (Ray's sister).
"That's not true he was never diagnosed with bipoler. who knows if he was or not we will never know. that has nothing to do with his death. we will never know ourselves until we see him again on the other iside."
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