Tristan Jepson

Tristan Jepson (1978 – 28 October 2004) was an Australian law graduate and writer.

Biography

Jepson was educated at Trinity Grammar School and the University of New South Wales. While still an undergraduate law student, he began to write and perform comedy as director of the University of New South Wales' Law Revue. On graduation in 2003, he joined the cast of the AFI Award nominated sketch comedy TV programme Big Bite, where he was perhaps best known for impersonations of Tom Gleisner in parody sketches of The Panel.[1]

Diagnosed with clinical depression in 1998, Jepson suffered bouts during his university years and committed suicide by drug overdose, aged 26.[2][3]

Memorials

The Tristan Jepson Memorial Fund, named in his honor, is an organization which works to foreground issues of mental illness in the law, including law students, graduates, practising lawyers, and judges.[4] The University of New South Wales inaugurated an annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture in 2006.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Biography for Tristan Jepson on IMDB
  2. ↑ Alan Mascharenas, 'Down by law, with the black dog'. Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 2006
  3. ↑ Legge, Kate (26 February 2011). "It's time to talk". The Australian. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ↑ 'Lawyers and Depression – Part 1'. Life Matters, Radio National. 27 November 2007
  5. ↑ "Down by law, with the black dog". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.cle.unsw.edu.au/seminars/docs/2006/Jepson_Towards_Managing_Mental_Wellness.pdf

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