Please do pass my condolences to his family. No mortal is born out of a vacuum, but will have close family members, relatives & friends. We can no longer help those who passed on, but we can still help many whom are alive & in needless depression today even now. Each life is precious and means something special to another..
Most will presume it may be dire emotional or financial situations that one will take the presumed easy way out. It could be many more, & even the worst-a CONFLUENCE of situations that seemed impossible to resolve, & thus, the easy way out. Unfortunately, may none think this way. NO mortal is perfect & each will have flaws, given the gift of free will, & the consequences one will have to face up to.
Life is a gift, & each do have a role to play, to fulfill Humankind's destiny to the stars, not overnite, but baby steps, as proven by our courageous evolution from BRAVE forefathers - from barbarians in caves to jungles, to civilization with exponential progress & advancement to reach even distant stars today, & far, far more awaits in such advancement so long as we NEVER GIVE UP, but try.
We each may not become an astronaut, & it need not be. All it takes is just to convince another to progress & not give up, the way T.Edison did not when he attempted electricity, F Nightingale who instituted medcare, Mdm Curie or radiology, E Musk, etc. They ALL had SOMEONE, SOME OTHERS whom gave support to their ideas & idealism, & the rest is history on Humankind's advancement.. EACH has a role to play in the journey of life towards our destiny, thus a MEANING IN LIFE for each.
Talk is cheap. The insignificant nobody me had been at that point before in the face of negative confluences in the journey of life that lead me to a ledge on a tall building. But realizing that my mission in life is not completed, I stood back, took stock of my flaws, my ignorant trust in those in authorities & even loved ones, correct them, paid for the consequences of my mistakes, releasing all indebted emotional ego & pride, rebuilt my life, & is now far far better than I was before, turning the tables on those whom I felt cheated by, even if it had been my own fault & none of theirs as they are only behaving as circumstances dictated, & dishing back the pain for their own mistakes they made, by being alive & breathing today when they hoped me dead...
Point is - problems are only Human made. What that is Human made, can be Human UN-made. It only takes calmness, chill out, sort out priorities, resolve them as best as possible thru discussions & pragmatic solutions with reason & logic. Nothing is impossible with such. Life is a gift & each do have a bucket list yet to fulfill, to achieve. Nothing will be achieved if one is dead, & NONE of the dead had been able to return to life to tell with honesty, reality & truth on what being dead is. Don't give up on the gift of life. So much more awaits each one. There is ugliness, but there is beauty & hope too, which many alive today had proven.