Hide's Death......
*RIP*
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hide - Mysterious self-hanging Suicide
May 4th, 1998--Japanese Daily Sun (Nikkan Sun)
Hide
commits suicide by hanging! On May 2, at approximately 7 a.m.,
former guitarist of the now disbanded X-Japan hide (age 33, real
name Matsumoto Hideto) committed suicide by hanging by the neck.
No suicide note was found. hide had recently returned to Japan
from a trip to L.A. last month, to begin promotional work for his
next single. He was energetically working before this mysterious
suicide occured.
It was a sudden suicide when caused many people to wonder
"Why?"
According to the police, hide was dropped off at his Tokyo
Minami-Azabu (Noah's Ark) mansion (apartment) by this younger
brother (age 30) at approximately 6:30 a.m., drunk when arriving
home, it was thought he went to sleep. At about 7:30 a.m., a
woman living in the apartment with hide, worried, went to check
on him when she discovered him uncouscious, hanging by the neck
on his bedroom door. She immediately dialed 119 (911 in Japan)
and he was taken to a nearby hospital. He was pronounced dead at
8:52 a.m.
At the time of death, hide was wearing a running shirt and
trunks. The towel used in the suicide was ripped in half
lengthwise with the top and the bottom ends tied together hooked
onto the bedroom door. He body was found in a sitting position
hanging from the the towel around his neck. The woman who
discovered him and her friend were in another room. There was no
suicide note. The body was claimed by later in the day by his
younger brother and parents.
Hide was planning to release "Pink Spider" on the 13th
and "EVER FREE" on the 27 of this month. For
promotional work, he had returned from L.A. just last month on
the 27th. On May 1st, he taped a segment for the Fuji TV Music
Program "Rocket Punch!" (Monday nights at 11 p.m. -
scheduled to air on the 11th). This was his last work.
After he participated in X-Japan's last concert at Tokyo Dome
last year and the Kohaku Uta Gassen, his solo project "hide
with Spread Beaver" had a great start with the single
"Rocket Dive" which debut at Number 4 on the Oricon
music charts. His album which was scheduled for release in June
was delayed until September, and he was planning a
national tour during the summer, his musical career was looking
good.
Also, his radio program "hide no All Night Nippon-R"
began on April 10 was still being broadcast. Until now, his
broadcasts were taped in Los Angeles. His next broadcast was to
take place in-studio. The director of the show said "There
was no indication about this happening. It's quite a shock."
Everything was looking good for hide. His production office said
"His work is doing well. I can't think of anything that
would cause him to kill himself." He may have a problem that
he couldn't discuss with anyone, possibly dealing with work, or
maybe problems with women. We can only wonder what happened in
that hour between the time he came home and when he killed
himself.
More tragic news, another 17-year-old
girl hanged herself Thursday at an Osaka hotel. That makes 2
deaths and 2 attempted suicides. By late last night, about 170
people had been treated at an emergency aid station set up at the
temple and 50 had been rushed to a hospital because of emotion
collapse and the 82 degree heat.
On the funeral, Toshi and Yoshiki performed "Forever
Love". Beside the X-Japan members, many musicians and
J-rockers attended, including Luna Sea, Glay, Shazna and Tetsuya
Komuro. There will be a memorial concert held in summer for Hide,
the performers now set are Luna Sea and Glay, more to come.
Also yesterday the American TV cable channel "Comedy
Central"'s The Daily show has made fun of Hide's death. I
didn't see it myself but heard that it was pretty cruel and
awlful. How could they???
Gosh.... T_T
HIDE Memorial Concert...
Yoshiki revealed on radio show that they're trying to get KISS (the American band Hide liked so much) to perform on the concert. Now the performers for sure are X, Luna Sea, Glay, Shazna and Tetsuya Komuro. Yoshiki also dedicated the song "Tears" to Hide on the radio, he expressed that this incident reminded him of the suicidal death of his father who died of the age 34. "Tears" was written for his father, he associated and grieved for the two together..........