First time I read that (in this lifetime anyway) was in the National Lampoon, I was just expecting to find it online somewhere, but imagine my surprise just now.
More classical Roman suicide jokes:
https://www.purplemotes.net/2015/12/20/husband-suicide-cicero/
The Nat Lamp list included this thigh-slapper from Flavian Rome:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Titus+Vespasian+and+the+urinal+tax
True Facts!