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Life-coach radio hosts commit suicide together
cnn ^ | June 6, 2013

Posted on 06/06/2013 10:34:29 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Two life coaches who hosted a radio show called "The Pursuit of Happiness" apparently committed suicide together in their Brooklyn apartment, police said.

Motivational speaker John Littig, 48, and his common-law psychotherapist wife, Lynne Rosen, 46, were found with plastic bags over their heads and a tube attached to a canister of helium, according to police.

Two suicide notes were found, police said.

The manager of the building, Hasan Boztepe, 51, said he smelled a strong odor coming from the apartment and broke down the door Monday morning after no one answered his repeated knocks.

He found the bodies sitting on a couch, holding hands. The canister with an open valve was on Rosen's right, he said.

Boztepe said he also found two suicide notes, one apparently written by a man and one by a woman.

In the man's note, Boztepe remembered the words: "I can't take it anymore, my wife is in too much pain."

"I was shocked. I am still in shock. I feel so bad for these people," Boztepe said.

He said he knew the couple and stopped by the apartment last week to fix something for Littig. "He walked me to the door and said 'thank you very much.' He was a very nice guy -- and a couple of days later, this."

The couple's radio show, "The Pursuit of Happiness," on WBAI-99.5 FM focused on "personal development, growth and creativity" according to their website. It was an hourlong show airing every other Thursday afternoon.

The couple also led a life coaching consulting company, Why Not Now, offering coaching "designed to help foster and encourage your inner strengths," and "put you confidently on the path to designing the life you've always wanted to live," according to their website.

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KEYWORDS: exithood; johnlittig; lynnerosen; suicide
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To: Berlin_Freeper

hey, gas and bloating hurt, no matter what age you are! :-)


21 posted on 06/06/2013 11:03:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dr_lew

Weirdo.


22 posted on 06/06/2013 11:05:29 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Mount Athos

Was his wife ill? Are we talking physical pain here?

Anyway, helim down’t make you happy. Just gives your ghost a squeaky voice.


23 posted on 06/06/2013 11:07:26 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: Mount Athos
So much of life is about impluse...do it, do it, go with your gut...


."Pursuit of Happiness" clip 2/24/13 .
24 posted on 06/06/2013 11:09:12 PM PDT by goron (If this be treason, make the most of it! - Patrick Henry)
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To: dr_lew; Berlin_Freeper

Berlin Freeper was making a joke funny to any of us who have ever had children. Lighten up, dr_lew!


25 posted on 06/06/2013 11:11:13 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: JennysCool

Well, I’ve got grandchildren, and that’s a wonderful experience, I can tell you. They laugh and cry by the hour and by the minute, as did their parents who were my children, but for their own reasons, mostly mysterious to myself. Sorry if I don’t get the joke, which I don’t.


26 posted on 06/06/2013 11:20:03 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Mount Athos
Here's a sample of their radio show:
27 posted on 06/06/2013 11:34:15 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: dr_lew

Those will be mandatory in the Obamacare exchanges
for older citizens and small ones who are a burden on society.


28 posted on 06/06/2013 11:36:41 PM PDT by funfan
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To: dr_lew; JennysCool
Not sure what your beef is but to tell a parent
"For her sake I hope she is far away from you. "
makes you a hateful weirdo.
29 posted on 06/06/2013 11:38:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: dr_lew; Berlin_Freeper
They laugh and cry by the hour and by the minute

Um, not to speak for Berlin Freeper, dr_lew ... But I think that's what he was exactly trying to say!

30 posted on 06/06/2013 11:39:44 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: JennysCool; dr_lew

When I stopped making my daughter laugh for hours she then stopped crying later for hours.

No hateful weirdo can change that observation.


31 posted on 06/06/2013 11:46:08 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Hardraade
Was his wife ill? Are we talking physical pain here?

I wondered that. As far as I could tell, the answer is no. Some of the accounts I read indicate that it was the man who was the driving force here, so this expression of his would in that case be a mere instrument of his domination. That's what I'm picturing.

As to Helium, I believe it is its inert nature which gives it its benign properties here. The body reacts to excessive CO2, but not to the displacement of O2, apparently. The same goes for nitrogen gas,N2, which of course is the dominant constituent of the air we breathe. There have been deaths due to N2 asphyxiation, and I believe the insidious nature of this hazard is the lack of warning before blackout.

Helium is a scarce resource, so one would think that N2 would be the considerate choice for this purpose.

32 posted on 06/06/2013 11:46:31 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I never hated anybody in my life. I never made anybody “laugh for hours” either, and I can’t even picture what this might involve, but it doesn’t sound pretty. This certainly seems consistent with your own assessment.

To me, it’s weird. Struck me that way right off.


33 posted on 06/06/2013 11:58:09 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

You are a Trolling hateful weirdo with nothing to justify your hate.


34 posted on 06/07/2013 12:01:20 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’ll add that to my resume.


36 posted on 06/07/2013 12:06:40 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

I already did.


37 posted on 06/07/2013 12:08:19 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Finny

Well, amen to that, brother. Unfortunately, there are hundreds or thousands that this couple led astray, and with this final act, gave hopelessness to the message. How do we reach those who listened to this terrible message and neglected the Word of God, the One Who came down from Heaven, Who was God Himself, and gave everything to achieve this message?


38 posted on 06/07/2013 12:33:42 AM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: Mount Athos

Maybe all their fans will imitate them.


39 posted on 06/07/2013 2:41:52 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Yehuda

I think Ansel wins. That extra touch of bitterness really sells it for me.


40 posted on 06/07/2013 2:47:28 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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