John Alan Lee (1933.08.24 to 2013.12.05)

Eldergay John Alan Lee planned and carried out his own suicide at age 80.

• Autobiographical Web site: “Here ends the history of my life”

• Xtra article

• Globe and Mail obituary

• CBC documentary

• Profile at Queer 50

Spencer Cox (1968.03.10 to 2012.12.18)

AIDS activist Spencer Cox presumptively killed himself by going off the HIV medications his activism brought into existence. Cox was a victim of “the post-terminal phase of HIV.”

• Wikipedia

• Times obituary

• Memorial service: Part 1; Part 2

• His articles for Treatment Action Group, including the papers “The Legacy of the Past: Gay Men in Mid-Life and the Impact of HIV/AIDS” and “Living on the Edge: Gay Men, Depression and Risk-Taking Behaviors”

• “The Riddled Death of Spencer Cox”

• “The Private War That Killed Spencer Cox”: “In retrospect you can read his work and break the private code written between the lines. It spells out HELP ME”

• His old comments at Gawker under username FrenchTwist40

I do not think it is seriously disputed that his actions amounted to suicide.

Bob Bergeron (d. 2012.01.05)

Eldergay Bob Bergeron, who wrote a book about the brighter side of being a gay man over age 40, committed suicide at age 49.

• Gay City News article

• New York Times obituary

• Times (London) obituary

Stephen Crohn (1946.10.05 to 2013.08.24)

Eldergay Stephen Crohn was immune to HIV, but committed suicide in 2013 at age 66.

• Times obituary

• The New York article (all in one piece) is much more informative about the inciting causes of his suicide: Loss of lovers, loss of peer group, no real money, no professional recognition in his art practice, and, above all, no place to live

Brad L. Graham (d. 2010.01.04)

My eldergay online friend Brad L. Graham, whom I met several times, died, it is said, of a suspicious drug interaction at age 41.