deflation Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Apologies for it being the Wail, but there's no article on the BBC News website yet, despite them just announcing it. "A young filmmaker is believed to have frozen to death while making a documentary about sleeping rough on the streets as he tried to impress Channel 4 bosses." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304443/Lee-Halpin-Filmmaker-27-freezes-death-sleeps-rough-make-documentary-homelessness.html Sad, but I wondered if one day, one of these stunts would go wrong. Edited April 5, 2013 by deflation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmarks Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Much like the Physics Phd who jumped to his own death, Lee Halpin made his point in the most tragically ironic way. Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paece Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 R5 Live just reported two arrests in relation to this, alluding to drug overdose. Very sad for a young man to die like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Doesn't really add up to me. Healthy young man dies of hypothermia after a few nights in the cold. If that's the case, then why are there not dead homeless bodies everywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinAndPlatonic Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Doesn't really add up to me. Healthy young man dies of hypothermia after a few nights in the cold. If that's the case, then why are there not dead homeless bodies everywhere? Healthy young (naive) man as opposed to fairly hardened, streetwise rough sleepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyHead Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) All that, just to get accepted on a bloody course. This country is so f*8*ed up. Edited April 5, 2013 by sleeping dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflation Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 R5 Live just reported two arrests in relation to this, alluding to drug overdose. Very sad for a young man to die like this. Reported here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-22042626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monks Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Method acting in the extreme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 He made the ultimate sacrifice for his work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) To quote from the article:- Police have made two arrests in connection with the death of Lee Halpin. A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: 'Officers have arrested two men aged 26 and 30 on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a controlled drug Therefore it is somewhat misleading of the article to suggest he died from the cold Edited April 5, 2013 by numpty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Bruno Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Doesn't really add up to me. Healthy young man dies of hypothermia after a few nights in the cold. If that's the case, then why are there not dead homeless bodies everywhere? Because the bodies get removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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