35 Celebs Who Attempted Suicide…but Lived to Tell About It!

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Robert Young

Photo: Steele Devoted

Photo: Steele Devoted

“Actor Robert Young, who for 10 years served as the ideal TV patriarch in ‘Father Knows Best’ and went on to star in ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.,’ attempted suicide at his Westlake Village home last week,” the Los Angeles Times reported in January 1991.

“Lt. Bob Barrier, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said Young, 83, ran a hose from the exhaust pipe to his car's interior last Saturday about 7:45 a.m. Authorities were alerted after Young called a tow truck to try to start his car. The driver noticed the hose, Barrier said, and contacted authorities.