Tenor in 'extremely grave' condition

Yahoo - AP ^ | 7/13/07

[Borges]

A medical ethics panel was reviewing the case of noted tenor Jerry Hadley, who remained in "extremely grave" condition Friday with a gunshot wound, a family spokeswoman said.

The 55-year-old singer shot himself in the head with an air rifle Tuesday at his home several miles outside Poughkeepsie, according to state police.

Medical staff evaluated him Thursday to determine whether he should remain on life support. Family friend and spokeswoman Celia Novo said Friday that a medical ethics panel at the hospital was reviewing the case and would report to the family. She did not know when that would happen.

"The family is in limbo, too," Novo said.

Hadley's celebrated career included the title roles in composer John Harbison's "The Great Gatsby" and the 1989 production of Leonard Bernstein's musical "Candide," and a featured role in the 2004 Grammy-winning recording of Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa."

Officials said this week that Hadley had been treated for depression and was filing for bankruptcy.

[Borges]

PING

[good old days]

I was reading about this yesterday. It’s still hard to believe. What a wonderful voice!

[ml/nj]

Very sad. I was in the audience when he made his Met debut. Diana Sovierro debuted that night also. What a great performance (R & J) that was!

ML/NJ

[Sherman Logan]

The 55-year-old singer shot himself in the head with an air rifle Tuesday

Inefficient suicide method bump.

[sitetest]

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[onedoug]

Prayers for Jerry Hadley and his family.

[MinuteGal]

Does anyone have a link to a snippet of his singing or a photo?

He doesn't ring a triangle with me.

Leni

[randita]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WgcRgZJNBxs

OUTSTANDING!

[MinuteGal]

I brought that youtube link up but there's no opera singer listed on there. Where do I go from here?

Thanks,

Leni

[SunTzuWu]

YouTube Link.

[randita]

See post 11.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I know Jerry Hadley. He grew up in Peoria, IL about an hour west of my hometown. This is awful! We will pray for him.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

[Dante3]

Prayers for the family.

[MinuteGal]

How sad. A beautiful God-given voice. What can one say. It's hard to tell whether to pray for recovery or not. The Lord will decide.

Thanks for the link to the enjoyable musical interludes.

Leni

[MountainFlower]

stunned!

[MountainFlower]

prayers up!

what a beautiful voice!