Here's another case from Jan 2010: In suicide note, Morris blames tinnitus Former Greene County Sheriff William L. “Willie” Morris shot himself Thursday because of a constant roar in his ears, he wrote in a final letter. “I hope that my death will help bring about some cure for those that suffer with tinnitus, by bringing attention to it,” he wrote. “It is important that my life will not be wasted.” Morris had suffered from the condition since September, and by the end of his life heard a constant noise in both ears. “He described it as like a buzz saw constantly,” his daughter Lisa Morris said. Morris developed the condition after a weightlifting mishap, his daughter said. He had lifted for many years, winning several championships. Here's link to Virginia newspaper:
In suicide note, Morris blames tinnitus