Heartbroken mother of tragic kid's TV host Mark Speight dies five months 
after son's suicide.
The mother of tragic children's TV host Mark Speight has been found dead at 
her home.
Jacqueline Speight, 62, was heartbroken after Show presenter Mark committed 
suicide in April. She is believed to have died of a stroke after being 
deeply affected by her son's death.


Mark hanged himself at Paddington railway station in London five days after 
the inquest into the death of his girlfriend Natasha Collins.  The 
42-year-old found her dead in the bath in January at  the couple's North 
London home.

The 31-year-old had taken a cocktail of cocaine and sleeping tablets and 
suffered hot water burns covering 60 per cent of her body. He was arrested 
on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs, but was later released 
without charge.

However the BBC suspended from his job on the children's arts show.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052936/Heartbroken-mother-tragic-kids-TV-host-Mark-Speight-dies-months-sons-suicide.html

"Preach The Word"  wrote in message 
news:CjCwk.121521$f%6.53185@newsfe09.ams2...
> Heartbroken mother of tragic kid's TV host Mark Speight dies five months 
> after son's suicide.
> The mother of tragic children's TV host Mark Speight has been found dead 
> at her home.
> Jacqueline Speight, 62, was heartbroken after Show presenter Mark 
> committed suicide in April. She is believed to have died of a stroke after 
> being deeply affected by her son's death.
>
>
> Mark hanged himself at Paddington railway station in London five days 
> after the inquest into the death of his girlfriend Natasha Collins.  The 
> 42-year-old found her dead in the bath in January at  the couple's North 
> London home.
>
> The 31-year-old had taken a cocktail of cocaine and sleeping tablets and 
> suffered hot water burns covering 60 per cent of her body. He was arrested 
> on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs, but was later released 
> without charge.
>
> However the BBC suspended from his job on the children's arts show.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052936/Heartbroken-mother-tragic-kids-TV-host-Mark-Speight-dies-months-sons-suicide.html
>
With all due respect to Preach The Word, I went thru this story and was a 
little bewildered that I had never heard of this guy or his suicide, until I 
read "Paddington Station in London, and the blurb about BBC at the end.
Am I being too nationalistic to think that perhaps these stories should be 
fronted by "USA", "UK", "INDIA" etc?   I recall reading about some famous 
film star who'd died, and finally realizing that he or she was a Bollywood 
star, not a Hollywood star.
>
>

[Default] On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:27:43 -0700, "mack"
 magnanimously proffered:

>
>"Preach The Word"  wrote in message 
>news:CjCwk.121521$f%6.53185@newsfe09.ams2...
>> Heartbroken mother of tragic kid's TV host Mark Speight dies five months 
>> after son's suicide.
>> The mother of tragic children's TV host Mark Speight has been found dead 
>> at her home.
>> Jacqueline Speight, 62, was heartbroken after Show presenter Mark 
>> committed suicide in April. She is believed to have died of a stroke after 
>> being deeply affected by her son's death.
>>
>>
>> Mark hanged himself at Paddington railway station in London five days 
>> after the inquest into the death of his girlfriend Natasha Collins.  The 
>> 42-year-old found her dead in the bath in January at  the couple's North 
>> London home.
>>
>> The 31-year-old had taken a cocktail of cocaine and sleeping tablets and 
>> suffered hot water burns covering 60 per cent of her body. He was arrested 
>> on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs, but was later released 
>> without charge.
>>
>> However the BBC suspended from his job on the children's arts show.
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052936/Heartbroken-mother-tragic-kids-TV-host-Mark-Speight-dies-months-sons-suicide.html
>>
>With all due respect to Preach The Word, I went thru this story and was a 
>little bewildered that I had never heard of this guy or his suicide, until I 
>read "Paddington Station in London, and the blurb about BBC at the end.
>Am I being too nationalistic to think that perhaps these stories should be 
>fronted by "USA", "UK", "INDIA" etc?   I recall reading about some famous 
>film star who'd died, and finally realizing that he or she was a Bollywood 
>star, not a Hollywood star.

Although I remember news of Mark's death being posted on
alt.obituaries earlier and didn't have a problem remembering the
story, one of the reasons I put a link to the source at the top of the
obituaries and articles I post is to avoid this kind of confusion. IMO
it can also be a good idea to attribute an obit in the subject line to
help avoid duplications.




-- 

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen

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mack wrote:
> "Preach The Word"  wrote in message
> news:CjCwk.121521$f%6.53185@newsfe09.ams2...
>> Heartbroken mother of tragic kid's TV host Mark Speight dies five
>> months after son's suicide.
>> The mother of tragic children's TV host Mark Speight has been found
>> dead at her home.
>> Jacqueline Speight, 62, was heartbroken after Show presenter Mark
>> committed suicide in April. She is believed to have died of a stroke
>> after being deeply affected by her son's death.
>>
>>
>> Mark hanged himself at Paddington railway station in London five days
>> after the inquest into the death of his girlfriend Natasha Collins. The 
>> 42-year-old found her dead in the bath in January at  the
>> couple's North London home.
>>
>> The 31-year-old had taken a cocktail of cocaine and sleeping tablets
>> and suffered hot water burns covering 60 per cent of her body. He
>> was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs, but
>> was later released without charge.
>>
>> However the BBC suspended from his job on the children's arts show.
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052936/Heartbroken-mother-tragic-kids-TV-host-Mark-Speight-dies-months-sons-suicide.html
>>
> With all due respect to Preach The Word, I went thru this story and
> was a little bewildered that I had never heard of this guy or his
> suicide, until I read "Paddington Station in London, and the blurb
> about BBC at the end. Am I being too nationalistic to think that perhaps 
> these stories
> should be fronted by "USA", "UK", "INDIA" etc?   I recall reading
> about some famous film star who'd died, and finally realizing that he
> or she was a Bollywood star, not a Hollywood star.

That's ok, I am bewildered at 99% of the reported deaths in here :) Although 
we had an Aussie last week....

[Default] On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:07:32 +1000, "Ozgirl"
 magnanimously proffered:

>That's ok, I am bewildered at 99% of the reported deaths in here :) Although 
>we had an Aussie last week.... 

I'm bewildered full stop ...


-- 

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen

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On Sep 6, 7:27 pm, "mack"  wrote:
> "Preach The Word"  wrote in messagenews:CjCwk.121521$f%6.53185@newsfe09.ams2...
>
> > Heartbroken mother of tragic kid's TV host Mark Speight dies five months
> > after son's suicide.
> > The mother of tragic children's TV host Mark Speight has been found dead
> > at her home.
> > Jacqueline Speight, 62, was heartbroken after Show presenter Mark
> > committed suicide in April. She is believed to have died of a stroke after
> > being deeply affected by her son's death.
>
> > Mark hanged himself at Paddington railway station in London five days
> > after the inquest into the death of his girlfriend Natasha Collins.  The
> > 42-year-old found her dead in the bath in January at  the couple's North
> > London home.
>
> > The 31-year-old had taken a cocktail of cocaine and sleeping tablets and
> > suffered hot water burns covering 60 per cent of her body. He was arrested
> > on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs, but was later released
> > without charge.
>
> > However the BBC suspended from his job on the children's arts show.
>
> >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052936/Heartbroken-mother-tr...
>
> With all due respect to Preach The Word, I went thru this story and was a
> little bewildered that I had never heard of this guy or his suicide, until I
> read "Paddington Station in London, and the blurb about BBC at the end.
> Am I being too nationalistic to think that perhaps these stories should be
> fronted by "USA", "UK", "INDIA" etc?   I recall reading about some famous
> film star who'd died, and finally realizing that he or she was a Bollywood
> star, not a Hollywood star.

Aw, how sad for you to be dragged out of your little world where
nobody outside the US exists.

wd44

"Bob Feigel"  wrote in message 
news:6ul6c490lhj28gqi9g20sgl6ej5ng8ofs2@4ax.com...

> "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it 
> happens." - Woody Allen

"It's not as though I am afraid to die either, I just don't want to wake up 
dead." - Preach the Word

In the previous article, mack  wrote:
> > Heartbroken mother of tragic kid's TV host Mark Speight dies five
> > months after son's suicide.
> > The mother of tragic children's TV host Mark Speight has been found
> > dead at her home.
> 
> With all due respect to Preach The Word, I went thru this story and
> was a little bewildered that I had never heard of this guy or his
> suicide, until I read "Paddington Station in London, and the blurb
> about BBC at the end.

I thought "Tragic Kid's TV" was a show or something, they said it so
many times -- and it's such an odd way to phrase a description of
someone.  (This is quite aside from my usual irritation at the
improper use of that adjective.)

> Am I being too nationalistic to think that perhaps these stories
> should be fronted by "USA", "UK", "INDIA" etc?  I recall reading
> about some famous film star who'd died, and finally realizing that
> he or she was a Bollywood star, not a Hollywood star.

Well, the ....uk in the URL might have been one clue, but in general
we get a lot of stories posted here with no location information.
It's not usually difficult to find out if you're really interested,
but I do agree that it would be better if posters filled in those
little details.  Not that I'm perfect when it comes to this practice,
myself.
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