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Ex-SNL actor commits suicide

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Teh Hamburglar said:
We cant get off that easily.

Unfortunately... as for rocket I had to go google a news article to find a picture of him... didn't remember the name and the picture still doesn't ring many bells... the only skits I remember from that particular period are many of the Eddie Murphy ones anyway...
 
Man, the SNL curse is now extending to players that never even made it big.

Too bad, though. The guy also did voices for some decent/good animated shows and video games.
 
I cant find any pics of him. So..

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He went on to appear in numerous TV shows, including "Moonlighting" and "Max Headroom," and provided voices for cartoon series. His movie credits included "Earth Girls are Easy," "Dumb and Dumber" and "Dances With Wolves," according to the Internet Movie Database.

HAHAHA, nice. I wonder why he did it? Hmmm
 
Just from things I've read over the years, evidently Rocket was under extreme pressure from NBC to be "the next Chevy Chase" during the season he was on SNL, and knowing he could never live up to that combined with the terrible skit writing made him visibly start to crack on air. The blurted F-word may have been a subconscious result of that. If you've ever seen any shows from that season, you can see him looking more and more uncomfortable on-camera as the year progresses. He turned out to be a pretty decent actor later on - I enjoyed his work as David's brother in Moonlighting, and his guest appearances here and there (usually playing a smarmy business-type).
 
Jumpman Jr. said:
Charles Rocket was cool. He was fantastic in Earth Girls Are Funny. RIP.
Oh yeah, he was in Earth Girls Are Easy. I don't know if I'd say anything in that movie was fantastic though.
 
I bet they have something else that points toward suicide. I doubt they walked in and saw him with his throat slit and just assumed.
 
I'm sure there's something that's pointing towards a suicide but cutting your own throat just seems very, very odd. I've been in on god only knows how many autopsies and I've yet to come across a self inflicted cut to the throat. Of course we had a guy that sewed his ball sack to his asshole before he blew his head off, so I suppose anything is possible.
 
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
I'm sure there's something that's pointing towards a suicide but cutting your own throat just seems very, very odd. I've been in on god only knows how many autopsies and I've yet to come across a self inflicted cut to the throat. Of course we had a guy that sewed his ball sack to his asshole before he blew his head off, so I suppose anything is possible.
It happens. My sister almost did it.
 
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
I'm sure there's something that's pointing towards a suicide but cutting your own throat just seems very, very odd. I've been in on god only knows how many autopsies and I've yet to come across a self inflicted cut to the throat. Of course we had a guy that sewed his ball sack to his asshole before he blew his head off, so I suppose anything is possible.
Thats like Elliot Smith stabbing himself in the heart. more than once too I believe. that is a fucking wicked way to go :(
 
Charles Rocket was that guy I saw on camera who always looked uncomfortable or ill at ease. I hope he is now in the peace that I didn't see him have on camera.
 
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
Who the hell commits suicide by sliting their own throat? Seriously. Sounds a little suspicious, imo.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_20_96/ai_57041237

The strange saga of Miami Dolphins defensive end Dimitrius Underwood recently took yet another unusual twist when the 22-year-old checked into a mental-health clinic following his release from a Lansing, MI, hospital where he was treated for self-inflicted knife wounds.

Police say the 6-foot-6, 276-pound Underwood slashed his neck with two steak knives afar pacing around the home of Chastity Dyer, the mother of his twin 17-month-old children, chanting "I am not worthy of God" during a Sept. 27 visit.

No one in the home saw him cut himself, but several people in the neighborhood saw him running down the street afterward. Police found Underwood covered with blood on a downtown street after getting calls that a man was yelling for help.

"He was somewhat despondent," police spokesman Lt. Ray Hall said.

Somewhat despondent indeed.
 
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