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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 1:01 am 
I was surprised that there was no R&I thread, so I started this one for this news story.
‘Rizzoli & Isles' Actor Lee Thompson Young Commits Suicide
Lee Thompson Young, an actor seen currently on TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles,” was found dead Monday, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
TMZ.com first reported the story here. The actor’s death and suicide were later confirmed by TNT, “Rizzoli & Isles" creator Janet Tamaro and the actor’s manager, Jonathan Baruch.
“Everyone at ‘Rizzoli & Isles' is devastated by the news of the passing of Lee Thompson Young,” said a statement issued Monday afternoon by TNT on behalf of the network and the show’s cast and crew.
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http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/08/19/rizzoli-isles-actor-dead-from-possible-suicide-report/
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The role he played on "R&I" was Detective Barry Frost and that was one of my favorite characters. So sad....he seemed to have a lot going for him, good role on a popular and successful tv show, etc..
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Donsgirl
Member
08-01-2005
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 4:38 am
WOW I liked him a lot on the show. He was good with Frankie. He will be missed. RIP so sad
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 7:18 am
This is so sad. My heart goes out to his family and friends.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 5:02 pm
I really like the show and was so sad to hear that he died so young.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 8:38 pm
I'm taping the show right now and looked up and saw him. I just can't believe it. I loved him so much on this show. He was quietly sexy. I read elsewhere he had been depressed.
One would think he had everything going for him. So sad he felt he didn't.
I feel awful for his family and cast mates.
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 4:11 am
Watching last night's episode was emotional, and the tribute at the end brought tears to my eyes. I'm so sorry for the pain he must have been suffering.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 7:15 pm
This makes me so sad. He was so young and had such a nice future. It's too bad he didn't accept or go looking for help. 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 8:33 pm
It's so hard to watch this show with him in it, knowing he died so tragically.
Depression is an unrelenting beast.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 9:09 pm
Oh how sad! Mom and I watched him as a kid on The Famous Jett Jackson.
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Irsnappy
Member
01-13-2009
| Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 7:03 am
My daughter and I just love this show. I particularly love the close caretaking friendship of the 2 women and then of course there is the humor. Very sad about Lee Thompson. As Karuuna has stated depression is an unrelenting beast...well said K
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 1:11 pm
"AM I being wordy", LMAO. I love this show and the dynamic with all the actors. Lee will be missed.
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Lobster
Member
04-13-2001
| Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 5:46 pm
This is one of my favorite shows and I'm finding it hard to watch since the death of Lee Thompson Young. It's sad.
I also enjoy all the actors, but I have problems with how they have rearranged the City of Boston and Massachusetts just to tell their stories. I know it's just a show, and I usually can let that stuff go, but it kinda irks me.
Sometime in the second season for the first time ever, they mentioned the part of Boston that I live in--Hyde Park. Which was really cool, cuz you never hear about it. (Except on Boston's Finest, also on TNT) The problem I had was that they made it sound like Hyde Park was near Salem, it's more than an hour away. They showed the Zakim bridge and a sign for 93 North, when if leaving Police HQ, you would take 93 South to get to HP. There are way bigger things in the world to worry about, but it still bugged the crap out of me. LOL
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 7:33 pm
Lobster, that cracks me up, I have the same problem with the Mentalist. Half the time they are in Sacramento, or other areas I am like that is not! It an be very annoying.
I know a couple of times when they are at the beach I have been, where the hell is that!
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Monday, September 09, 2013 - 7:07 pm
Lobster, the first show of the first season had a murder set in the Bellvue Hill section of West Roxbury. I thought that was great but the do take license with distance between places and how to get there.
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Lobster
Member
04-13-2001
| Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 6:26 am
Roteach, I remember that and was thinking of it with the Hyde Park ep. "Oh sure, they get West Roxbury right, but not HP!" LOL
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 7:23 am
My Mom grew up in HP on Providence St. by the Amtrak tracks. I loved visiting there "back in the day". Dad was the produce manager of the old A&P in HP Square. It's now a parking lot for the bank, I believe. I still look forward to each episode so that I can see what exterior shots were used and if I can identify them.
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Lobster
Member
04-13-2001
| Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 2:44 pm
I'm near Most Precious Blood church. I don't remember the A&P, but I remember Lodgen's which when it burned down then became Lil Peach, and is now a Tedeschi's. Do you watch Boston's Finest? Lots of shots of HP in that, but the way they shoot it, it's hard to tell exactly where they are sometimes. I'm pretty sure it's done purposely.
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Baylierose
Member
05-07-2011
| Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 8:32 am
Every time I see him in a scene I feel so sad. I wonder how they are going to explain his absence.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 3:37 pm
Yoo Hoo! New show tonight.
Everytime I watch the reruns I think about him and also wonder how they will explain it this season.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 9:17 pm
I was wondering the same thing tonight. I wonder if they will have his character join his GF?
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Bearlee
Member
05-18-2005
| Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 10:58 pm
Kappy, my mom and I were wondering the same thing
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 3:34 pm
It was really weird to watch the show with him still on it, same as when I watch the reruns, it always throws me off at first, then I enjoy the show.
I wonder how long into filming they were when he died, I don't remember the news articles saying anything.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 4:08 pm
The little boy they saved in this episode plays the son of the Weavers on "The Neighbors". To me, he looked a couple of years younger on R&I than he appears on The Neighbors.
I think this episode, and the next three episodes, were just delayed for some reason. This was season 4, episode 13. Season 4 has a total of 16 episodes.
The season 4 finale airs on on March 18, 2014.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551632/episodes?season=4
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, March 01, 2014 - 9:55 pm
I just watched the show yesterday and was thinking what a cute 'love story' between Lee Thompson Young and the girl who works in the coffee shop. I'm thinking ..."Ooh..I want to see where this goes" and then I remembered and was just soo sad.
I wish someone could have helped him so badly. He seemed the sweetest (and sexiest) guy. Like many of you, it's so hard to watch with them keeping him in the show. How hard must that be on his family as well.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, March 14, 2014 - 4:41 pm
You could smell a fart in New Jersey, Maura. LMAO, I love this show.
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