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Article: San Francisco artist's painful death shines light on rare form of suicide
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- Oakland Tribune
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- October 9, 2009
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By Angela Hart
CORRESPONDENT
SAN FRANCISCO -- The recent suicide of a young San Francisco art
student who struggled with depression barely made news headlines,
but the way Anton Jungenberg died highlights a rare form of self-
destruction that is particularly devastating to those left behind.
Jungenberg, 19, set himself on fire at a gas station in the
Sunset District in the still-dark morning of Sept. 3, ending a life
that one family member characterized as one of depression immersed
in a dark "culture of death" that he expressed through music,
paintings and skull-adorned clothing.
"I saw this guy pacing back and forth at the bus stop, and I saw
something splashing on him," said Louis ...