Jessica Starr, Fox 2 meteorologist, commits suicide at age 35

New York Post ^ | December 13, 2018 | Alexandra Klausner

[EdnaMode]

A married mother of two and meteorologist for Fox 2 Detroit died by suicide, the station said Thursday.

Jessica Starr, 35, who lived in Novi, Michigan, is survived by her husband, Dan, and her two children, a 5-year-old son named Noah, and a 3-year-old daughter named Riley, the Springfield News-Sun reported. The station did not provide more details about her death.

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Prior to her death, Starr spoke out publicly about her recovery from Lasik surgery, which she had done in October. She was out of work for several weeks and struggled with dry eye following the procedure, reported the Detroit Free Press.

Starr posted a video on her Facebook page on Nov. 13 explaining her absence. She announced that she was back at work but still in the recovery process and dealing with blurry vision.

[jmacusa]

What an asinine thing to say.

[lizma2]

I suspect she had other problems and the dryness put her over the edge.

Met a teenager who had it done, (ethical eye surgeons wait until the patient is 24 yo.) and her eyes were so unconformable she had to put college off for a year.

I get bouts of severe dry eye only lasting a few days and it’s misery. Can’t imagine months.

My kids know if they ever get Lasik I will never speak to them again. It’s not worth the risk.

[Mears]

I went for a visit to see about possibility of cataracts.

I was put in an assembly line,room to room to room,one had a film showing the benefits of Lasik,and then in the last room I was fast talked into Lasik and made an appointment.

When I got home my sanity was restored and I realized that I was treated the same way that a car salesman would have treated me.

I cancelled the appointment———that was 4 years ago.

.

[OSHA]

I’m happy and I’ll kill anyone who says otherwise!

[21twelve]

I have Vitiligo on my hands. At first I was self-conscience of it, and now I rarely even notice it. I commented awhile ago (it was still fairly new) to my kids about it that it bothered me, and that I hope it doesn’t affect my face - working with clients and stuff.

Daughter: “Well - if they aren’t going to hire you because of what you look like - I wouldn’t want you to work for them anyway!”

Smart kid. But still....

If this gal did kill herself because of the eyesight - I imagine it was about her self-worth (I can’t read the screen so I won’t be the Fox 2 Weather gal anymore) and her hopes and dreams (now I won’t ever get the chance to be the weather person on “Good Morning America” or whatever.

Sometimes I have to remind myself. My worth is that I am a child of God. And my hope is in Jesus.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Beautiful blonde. They live in a different world. The things that upset them are not the same as the rest of us.

[lizma2]

“People that have Lasik done eventually need glasses again anyway so why bother.”

Exactly.

A major complaint of post cataract extraction nearsighted patients is “I need glasses to see anything up close!”

It is so nice that when I take off my glasses I have one eye that focuses on my computer, the other a bit closer.

Up close uncorrected vision is more valuable to me than uncorrected distance.

[OrangeHoof]

On the one hand, we ask how anyone can be so selfish but depression can so skew someone’s thinking and exhaust them physically to the point that they can believe everyone will be better off without them. They’ll do literally anything for a way out. I have been there myself and only God’s healing lifted me free of it. Very sad for her family. Too bad she could not get help.

[RedMonqey]

This kind of talk could be a good way to beckon Satan’s attack onto yourself.

Life is precious. And this woman threw her life away.

And it's a sin according to the Bible(you should know this)

She was a mother and wife. That entails a responsibility to her family.Sorry but life is rarely "prefect.

And plenty of people deal with worse than "blurry eyes" and "baby weight". I had rheumatoid arthritis since I was a teenager and had two hips replaced and other joints on the way. But you get out of bed and face life's travails like an adult.

I've talked a few friends about their lives and broken marriages, being fired and drug/alcohol abuse. and (thankfully)talked them back from the edge. As a doctor talked me away from the black hole.

So God knows my story and Satan has already tempted me in that direction earlier in my life. Patting suicidal people on the head and letting them wallow in their misery only ensures they will end their live when you walk away.

I've listened to families whose father left them and it devastates them, both mentally and financially.

So no pity for her. Her pain is over. Her family's pain endures. There is where my sympathy lies.

[Don W]

I’m with you on the whole elective eye surgery thing. Then there’s my sister. She had LASIK done around 4 or 5 years ago and is happy as a clam, to the point she says she is likely to do it again if she needs further surgery.

Not me. I’ll put up with dirty lenses...

[lizma2]

Report that to Yelp and Health grades!

That is creepy.

[montag813]

Ridiculous for them to make this about LASIK. I know seven people including my sister, who got it, and all have had great results. One had major dry eye, but she had it before as well, and a horrible time with contacts as a result. she said it's much better now, and she takes Restasis (increases tear production) if it flares up.

I would cut my eyes out of my friggin head before I left my kids without a father. I just love them too damn much. But we all know this woman was mentally ill -- depression or bipolar -- and the eye surgery was likely a trigger.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

If you didn’t want to kill yourself over it then you made the point that it was something other than dry eyes that led to this lady’s suicide. Whether or not you were happy with the results is something different altogether. I had Lasik and love the results. My wife also had it but she didn’t think it was worth it. She also didn’t get suicidal when it didn’t turn out to be as good as she hoped.

[struggle]

Did she have information that might indict Hillary Clinton?

[Mears]

I never even thought of Yelp———I certainly have spread the word verbally———this MD is well known in the area and I’m sure that the last “room” that I went to had his wife/sister making the appointments and giving the rates——same age/same accent.

It was astonishing.

[PGalt]

Condolences to family and friends of Jessica Starr.

[Cen-Tejas]

encouraging to hear as I’m worried about my 57 year friend.

[Celerity]

I’ve been talking to some lefties, and of course reading DU where I get my laughs these days..

.. They are suicidal. This is not uncommon. I wonder if this young woman was part of them ? I read all the time about people wanting to end it, stop eating, divorcing and losing their jobs because of our President.

Which like I said.. makes me happy. But the suicides are real and that sucks.

[atc23]

It’s only 10%?

[bigdaddy45]

What a sad person you are