[bikepacker67]

I wonder if, perhaps, a medical diagnosis of some terminal malady urged ol' Hunt to eat a bullet...

He seemed too much a cranky cynic to take his life because of depression. But a pragmatic choice in the face of incurable lung-cancer sounds about right.

[wingblade]

I believe you may have hit the nail on the head.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Either a terminal disease, or he looked in the mirror and saw a giant winged lizard with glowing red eyes and 12 inch fangs.