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Former 'Seinfeld' actor shoots himself in the head, survives
MSNBC ^ | 22 Feb 12 | Kurt Schlosser

Posted on 02/22/2012 4:14:15 PM PST by Gamecock

Daniel von Bargen, a character actor who played Mr. Kruger on "Seinfeld," is in critical condition after shooting himself in the head, according to a report on TMZ.

Von Bargen's film credits include "Super Troopers," "Basic Instinct," and "O Brother, Where Art Thou" among others.

(Excerpt) Read more at entertainment.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hollywood; seinfeld; suicide; vonbargen
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1 posted on 02/22/2012 4:14:27 PM PST by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
I never knew his name but he's good.


2 posted on 02/22/2012 4:18:06 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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KRUGER PING!


3 posted on 02/22/2012 4:18:21 PM PST by Gamecock (I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it. JGM)
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4 posted on 02/22/2012 4:18:31 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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5 posted on 02/22/2012 4:21:01 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek
If you attempt to commit suicide by shooting yourself in the head and fail....does that make you a loser?

Just askin'

(see tagline)

6 posted on 02/22/2012 4:21:39 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Typed using <FONT STYLE=SARCASM> unless otherwise noted)
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To: Gamecock

Commandant Spengler? Say it isn’t so!


7 posted on 02/22/2012 4:23:57 PM PST by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: Gamecock
Excellent character actor. (Remember the mayor from "The Postman?"

No? Oh, well... it wasn't his fault.)

Very Satanic character in O Brother... "as white as you boys..."

Always a quiet tension, whether bad guy or good.

Disturbing news, and we hope he pulls through.

8 posted on 02/22/2012 4:24:27 PM PST by Prospero
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To: Gamecock

Yet another victim of Hollyweird.


9 posted on 02/22/2012 4:24:27 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Cometh the hour, cometh the man. NEWT GINGRICH 2012)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Maybe he’s just a really bad shot.


10 posted on 02/22/2012 4:25:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Gamecock

Who’s that pear-shaped loser in back?


11 posted on 02/22/2012 4:25:23 PM PST by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: Gamecock

I know how he feels but suicide is still never an answer.


12 posted on 02/22/2012 4:25:45 PM PST by Lazamataz (If unemployment helps the economy, like the W.H. says, then CONTRACTING CANCER MAKES YOU HEALTHIER!)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Apparantly he never got a marksmanship ribbon.

(Lord, forgive me and God bless the pygmies in New Guinea)

13 posted on 02/22/2012 4:26:42 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Leroy S. Mort

Officers rarely wear their marksmanship medal.


14 posted on 02/22/2012 4:29:00 PM PST by Gamecock (I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it. JGM)
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To: Aevery_Freeman
If you attempt to commit suicide by shooting yourself in the head and fail....does that make you a loser?

I went through a VERY intense corporate training program (the premise of if you failed the program, you were out of the company was used as an incentivizer) back in the 1990s where a couple students had killed themselves over the 30+ years it had been around, and many more had tried and failed.

The joke was that if you were going to try to kill yourself, you should either go up to the roof and jump, or throw a computer monitor through the window first. Because it would be downright humiliating to take a run at a window and only injure yourself ... by bouncing off.
15 posted on 02/22/2012 4:31:53 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: Aevery_Freeman
If you attempt to commit suicide by shooting yourself in the head and fail....does that make you a loser?

Ask the hockey goaltender who was feeling depressed because he couldn't stop a puck; everything went past him and into the net. He decided to end it all. He found himself a busy highway and stepped out in front of a truck ... but the truck went right between his legs.

16 posted on 02/22/2012 4:32:17 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Yet another victim of Hollyweird.

Not so sure.

He had one leg amputated for medical reasons and the other leg was next. Sounds like he has diabetes and probably in a state of depression

He probably has some measure of renal failure and heart disease as well.

17 posted on 02/22/2012 4:33:00 PM PST by Gamecock (I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it. JGM)
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To: Lazamataz
I know how he feels but suicide is still never an answer.

You know...I knew it was going to be your name as the poster.

no snarkiness.....I just knew there are very few people who would so honestly say, "i know how he feels..." in such a hitting-rock-bottom way. God bless you.

18 posted on 02/22/2012 4:34:00 PM PST by ZinGirl
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To: Gamecock

Seinfeld? This guys been in a huge number of movies. He is an excellent character actor.

Who says that clinical depression is not a fatal illness? It looks really bad for him.


19 posted on 02/22/2012 4:34:20 PM PST by FormerACLUmember
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To: Gamecock
Officers rarely wear their marksmanship medal.

Well, it was obviously a joke which you didn't get, but since you mention it, I've known a lot of officers who wore their expert marksman ribbons (including me).

20 posted on 02/22/2012 4:35:10 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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