Highlander actor Stan Kirsch dies aged 51 in apparent suicide at his Los Angeles home

Daily Mail ^ | 11:46 EST, 14 January 2020 | Emily Crane

[Grampa Dave]

A job or any profession or hobby? is what you do. It is not who you are. One of my good mentors told me this in my 20's when I had a terrible boss.

He also told me to have 3-6 months savings for the bills in case I walked away, got fired or quit. I quit and had great bosses for decades at the new company.

Our adult children have said the same thing including to never argue with a hot headed cop.

Both had abusive bosses. They quit and let their former boss's boss know why. Both were hired back with a raise and the rectums/former bosses were fired or demoted and had to report them.

[Chewbarkah]

Most people who commit suicide ARE in a horrific place where they subject themselves to mental torture constantly. They see no way out, and can’t care enough to want out if they did. At some point “Let me up, I’ve had enough” has a strong attraction. Or so I’ve been told...

[Jonty30]

Odds are better that it was over financial issues. His IMDb page doesn’t show a ton of work.

[DannyTN]

There can be only one.

[Zhang Fei]

[Odds are better that it was over financial issues. His IMDb page doesn’t show a ton of work.]

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People in his position (119 episodes of a TV series) were typically getting at least tens of thousands of dollars per episode. Assuming a conservative number of $20K each (lower at the beginning, higher at the end), he should have made at least $2.4m. If he had been careful with his spending and invested his savings in a stock index, he’d be sitting pretty today. Then there are the residuals that are standard issue for actors with key roles like him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual_(entertainment_industry)

Problem is that showbiz people are not, on average, the most prudent people, financially-speaking.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

And now he’s got a really big permanent problem thinking he could resolve it with this temporary solution.

[Jonty30]

Residuals depend on a shows playability. Friends is still widely syndicated, but a show like Highlander would only be syndicated on sci-fi channels. His residuals, if he’s getting any, would be very small.

[Boogieman]

Reminds me of the book “Shadow of the Torturer” where there is a guild of executioners who are trained from childhood in the “mysteries” of the guild.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

I loved Highlander as a teenager. This is sad to hear.

[Impy]

Oh man, me too.

RIP

I remember seeing Kirsch play a reporter on “First Monday” at tv series about the Supreme Court that lasted like half a season, only other thing I saw him on. Apparently he’s been an acting coach lately.