Talk:Jonathan Brandis

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Should this be linked to the main page due to his recent suicide? -- anon. user

I think the way he committed suicide (by hanging) is a legitimate fodder for the article. Not the grisly details (as someone earlier mentioned), but just a statement of fact. What does everyone else think? --Raul654 22:26, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I don't think that saying someone died in a particular way (which is all that the article said before the removal you mention) is either a particular detail, nor is it 'grisly'. Further, I think that it would not abnormal to mention the way that people commit suicide in articles about them (Kurt Cobain, Boudicca, and Alan Turing come to mind).
James F. (talk) 23:00, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I think it is something that shouldn't be left out. sik0fewl 05:47, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Actually, I came here to ask how he went about doing it ... only to see it above. I know I'm weighing in 'late', but I agree that – as a matter of fact – it should be added to the article. And what sort of death isn't grisly? E Pluribus Anthony 18:27, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Wait to reply to a 2 year old comment ;)
In point of fact, the article does say he hanged himself. Raul654 18:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Ah! Not only am I tardy, but I'm blind ... in any event, I think I've consolidated the notions effectively and clearly (I also noticed your edit; I think we crossed paths ... my regrets.) E Pluribus Anthony 18:41, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey there. Just a note: the only reason why I wikified the date in the quote as I did (in US style) is because that's a direct quote from the press release ... in which case (I believe) that should trump wikifying and user preferences elsewhere. I also removed the second 12 November since it seems redundant: it's wikified earlier; however, I'm neither here nor there regarding that. I hope this makes sense. Merci beaucoup! E Pluribus Anthony 04:48, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
I think that if everyone kept in mind the sole purpose of the site (which is to simply provide as much info as possible), they wouldn't have a problem with this.


I was about to add the film "Dumb & Dumber" to the Filmography list, as according to the trivia section of the Dumb & Dumber article Jonathan played the main child in a (persumably fictious) Pacific Bell commercial that can be breifly seen on a TV during a scene in that movie. However, I'm not sure such a brief apperance warrants a addition to the list and also I cannot find any sources to back it up (although have not performed a very extensive search). Therefor I will leave it up to someone else to decide whether the movie "Dumb & Dumber" should be added to the Filmography list. Canderra 23:47, 7 May 2006 (UTC)


Here follows a comment moved from the article [1]. I think it fits better on the talk page. I left a reference to that website in the infobox. Rjgodoy 02:27, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Contrary to some Website reports, Jonathan stood 5'9" as an adult. The Website CelebHeights correctly states this height. 71.14.143.121