Eldergay dermatologist to the stars Dr. Fredric Brandt committed suicide at the age of 65. Even the New York Times, which has lied about gays and lesbians for generations, could not escape the inevitable conclusion:
In recent years, friends said, they began to see signs that Dr. Brandt was having trouble adjusting to some of the less glamorous aspects of his life, one of which was being a single, 65-year-old gay man. He hadn’t been in a relationship since his 20s or 30s.
A city councillor, and later mayor, in Rancho Mirage, California, eldergay Scott Hines, committed suicide at the age of 45. Hines dealt with mental-health disability (either depression or bipolar disorder, according to news reports) and, according to a statement from his husband in the linked article, liver cancer.
Eldergay restaurant reviewer/musician/bicycle courier Steven Davey, who wrote for Toronto alternative newsweekly Now for almost two decades, “died suddenly” at age 64.
Now coverage: News; remembrances
Since I have a lot of eldergays and youngergays foaming with rage when I call a suicide a suicide, let me explain a journalistic convention. “Died suddenly” means committed suicide (in all cases). “Died unexpectedly” means exactly that and has no ulterior meaning. Steven Davey “died suddenly,” hence committed suicide.
An early activist in gay rights and one of the original members of ACT UP (to the point of being considered a cofounder), eldergay Carl Goodman committed suicide in Bristol, Connecticut, at age 58.
Eldergay Suicides 
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