8 Mile Actor Commits Suicide

Actor De’Angelo Wilson, known for his roles in 8 Mile, Antwone Fisher and The Salon, was found dead in an apparent suicide. His mother said that the last time she spoke to him (about 6 weeks ago) he was out of work and depressed.
When his body was found in the back room of an LA business police classified him as a transient “but was well known to the people in the area,” said L.A. County coroner’s spokesman Craig Harvey.
“He was such a fun and funny guy,” said Antwone Fisher, the man whom the 2002 movie that Wilson was in was based on. “I’d have backyard parties and De’Angelo would always come an hour early to help me set up. He’d tell great jokes … It’s just real hard to think of a guy that happy and fun getting down so low.”
“He got depressed,” said Wilson’s mother, Debra. “His career kind of failed, and I think he was beating himself up. Things were real down and he just didn’t know how to pick himself up.”
“I talked to him about a month and a half ago,” said his mother. “He wasn’t good … I was real worried about him.” Source
Truly soo sad.

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