Police: Katherine Harris' husband commits suicide

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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON

The Associated Press

The husband of former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, who became known nationally for her role in the contested 2000 presidential election, was found dead Tuesday of an apparent suicide at the couple's mansion, police said.

Harris' husband, Anders Ebbeson, 68, was found dead at the home when officers were called Tuesday morning, said Sarasota Police spokeswoman Genevieve Judge.

The Swedish businessman had suffered from health issues in recent years, said Pastor William Hild of Sarasota First Baptist Church. Hild declined to elaborate on those health problems or how Ebbeson killed himself.

Harris was in office overseeing the 2000 election in Florida and proved instrumental in delivering the state's contested electoral votes, and the White House, to President George W. Bush.

http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/florida/police-katherine-harris-husband-commits-suicide/nbxkT/

[grasswire]

1. hmmmmm. nt

[joeybee12]

2. That's sad...RIP...

[TeamPooka]

3. At least he had a mansion to kill himself in.

[Ranchemp.]

4. And just WTF does that have to do with his suicide?

[snooper2]

5. location? In Japan they have the Aokigahara Forest

The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the novel Kuroi Jukai was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people started taking their own lives there at a rate of 50 to 100 deaths a year. The site holds so many bodies that the Yakuza pays homeless people to sneak into the forest and rob the corpses. The authorities sweep for bodies only on an annual basis, as the forest sits at the base of Mt. Fuji and is too dense to patrol more frequently.

[TeamPooka]

6. That they live in a 23,000-square-foot home on Sarasota Bay?

It means he had a nice mansion to kill himself in.
Going in style.

[Ranchemp.]

8. Well, if you chose to go,

might as well go in style. I have no problem with it.

[TeamPooka]

9. I don't either.

[Kaleva]

7. My condolences to the family