Sadly, this tragic event is morphing into a humiliating ending for the actor that gave an entire generation a glimpse at spiritual thinking.
The latest findings released is that he was found naked hanging in the closet with the hanging device wrapped around his genitalia and his neck. He may have died from heart failure or suffocation. There was no suicide note and all close to him said he would never take his life. He had been drinking beer alll that last day, patrons of the same hotel say, and played piano and flute for those patrons.
They all say he was in good spirits, but it is also a known fact that those committing suicide are usually in good spirits days or weeks before they take their life because they know their internal suffering will soon end. Such was the case with my pregnant niece before she shot herself in the head. it is not yet public information if he had a depressive problem.
It would be tragic if the outcome is that he died in the moment that was designed to bring him pleasure at nobody else's expense in the utmost privacy. As the bringer of this update to our network of literary friends, when the conclusion comes from the autopsy, may we not contribute to the mindset of judging him as some deviant because something that brought him pleasure was not 'in the norm'.
I will always honor him for introducing me to a spiritual path that I'm still on after all these years!