Tears behind the laughter

We laughed at the fun things he said
And he made us feel light in the head
None thought that any
Thing troubled Jeni
Then one day, he shot himself dead!

Reuters 13/03/07: Jeni's family confirms comic killed himself. Stand-up comedian and actor Richard Jeni, a regular on late-night U.S. television, killed himself but was not despondent about his career despite suffering from mental illness, his family said on Tuesday. Jeni, 49, was found at his West Hollywood home on Saturday morning after a woman identifying herself as his girlfriend called authorities to report: "My boyfriend just shot himself in the face." Read on