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Author Topic: Why did Phil Hartman die? Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-28-2003 05:24 PM                        I used to watch SNL when it was carried by MTV Europe, but I haven`t followed the show in a couple of years now. So I was quite shocked last night to hear that Phil Hartman had been shot by his wife. What happened?  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 09-28-2003 05:28 PM                     Wow. It's been awhile... Seems that she and he were having a quarrel. She shot him then shot herself. The kids were at home. Poor kids. They were seen in the news snips being carried away from their home. I've heard that she was jealous of his success. Others?  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-28-2003 05:41 PM                     If I recall correctly, the quarrel was about his cheating on her, and him leaving her, etc. He shouldn't have gone back to bed! He is sorely missed, one of the greats.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-28-2003 06:41 PM                        Michael He died because his heart stopped beating.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 09-29-2003 12:33 AM                     Umm...Phil Hartman...which one was he? (I've watched the SNL reruns before and the name rings a bell, I just can't place the face.)  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 09-29-2003 01:06 AM                     WireImage.com  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-29-2003 01:41 AM                        His wife was somewhat erratic. Non-technical, non-professional, understated description.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-29-2003 03:01 AM                        quote: He died because his heart stopped beating. Do you mean because his death was the consequence of his evidently heartless behavior towards his wife? Wow Bob, that is very deep. Still, it is sad. A lot of SNL stars seem to have died long before their time.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-29-2003 03:59 AM                        quote: His wife was somewhat erratic. No, really?! Shooting your husband and then killing yourself - such reasonable, level-headed behaviour. Maybe it was the 'wrong time of the month'...  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-29-2003 06:34 AM                        I think she had been in the shop for erratic a couple of times. Also, she had a long history of substance abuse & erratic, violent behavior. When she died, they found *high* levels of alcohol, cocaine, & Zoloft in her system. Her estate, a year later, filed suit against the makers of Zoloft. No action filed against Captain Morgan or Jack Daniels or whoever though.  |  IP: Logged Steven Privett Expert Film Handler Posts: 208 From: Pasadena, TX, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-29-2003 07:46 AM                    [ 10-03-2003, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: Steven Privett ]  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 09-29-2003 09:31 AM                     What's SNL?  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-29-2003 09:34 AM                     Stephen, SNL = Saturday Night Live Interrestingly enough E! did a story on Phil Hartman and his death last night on Infamous. I didn't catch all of it, but supposedly they blammed the incident largely on substance abuse on her part, and that "supposedly" he told her he had enough and was going to leave her. I'm sure there were several things that contributed to her actions.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-29-2003 09:57 AM                        And Zoloft is?  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-29-2003 01:54 PM                        A prescription anti-depressent. http://www.zoloft.com For me, Phil Hartman will always be remembered as the English dub voice of Jiji the black cat from Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989). The English dub was recorded at Disney in 1998 and was his last voice-over role. There is a memorial credit for him in the English credits for that film.  |  IP: Logged

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