LA GRANDE, Ore. — Jadin Bell, a 15-year-old gay teen who hanged himself two weeks ago after complaining of bullying, died Sunday afternoon at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital on Portland.
Jadin was taken off life support more than a week ago after tests showed no brain activity.
Bud Hill, a close family friend, told The Oregonian earlier this week that Jadin, who was openly gay, had complained the week prior that he was being bullied, and had talked to a counselor at La Grande High School, where he was a sophomore.
On Saturday, Jan. 19, Jadin went to the playground of Central Elementary School, climbed on a play structure and hanged himself.
Hill said Saturday that doctors expected Jadin to pass by this weekend; his mother, father and an aunt and uncle in the Portland area were said to be by his side.
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Sad :(
its sad
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Be at peace.
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Oh ya… That’ll teach those bullies… What a waste.. :/
Rest in Peace Angel!
oh no! i will pray for his family my heart and tears r with them <3
Hanged? Do they mean hung??
Absolutely not acceptable. This must stop!
Should never of happen. Another lost, young life. We are all EQUAL!!!!
Please God put your loving arms around the family and be with them at this moment….Amen <3
No more sons should have to die:( how sad
just isnt right noone should be treated that way :(
so sad..
Prayers to this young mans family! How sad…
RIP Jadin…
James who cares on spelling that is not the issue. A precious life has been lost. My heart goes out to his family.
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For every one on the news there are about 4 move that don’t even make it onto the news.
RIP – :(
God bless him, his parents, family and friends. God forgive those who bullied him and learn from his death. May good come from this.
So sad…. Reminds me of my friend… He killed himself too… Gives me chills
so said…..absolutely un-acceptable….why did a young person have to loose his life because of IGNORANCE!!! just to sad….
Yes, this is sad, however, if you write an article, please check your grammar. With that said, my heart goes out to his family!
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:( awful news, charge the bullies with murder !!!
God rest your precious soul……NO ONE should have to face this kind of persecution!
how sad :(
Rip
Homophobes that caused this should know what its like to be down that road instead of driving innocent souls to a noose and a chair, those sick disgusting bastards
Please those of you who are parents. Teach your children to speak up if they see someone being bullied. RIP Jadin.
prayers to his family
Very sad. We need to do better.
Dats so sad people needs to stop and leave others alone
so sad. another needless tragedy. what is this world coming to? R.I.P. Jadin.
she shits gottts stop!
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what a waste… another beautiful young person gone too soon :’(
tragic and the boy scouts ban gays and they too are bully’s
I wish for the day of all to enjoy life and none to hide in fear.
Sweet Boy you were loved and your memory will live on.
R.I.P…
RIP young one.
:( Prayers to his family
Our thought and prayers are with the family, friends and loved ones ;-(
Such a tragedy…:(
Call me cynical. While this is sad, it should be less important that the kid was homosexual than it is that he killed himself because of bullies. Yes, its slap in the face for the LGBTQ but I dont think his sexuality should be the determining factor in the level of upsetting this is.
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His bullies should be beaten up and humiliated by some big, strong, gay guys. That would be amazing.
Why are people becoming so weak.. Im sure there is more to this then him just being gay.. “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger!” It’s sad but we were born with a backbone for a reason.
Very sad.
Sad =’(, no one deserves to die because of some Stupid bully decides to be a jerk…
Rest eternal grant unto him oh Lord.
My prayers and thoughts go out to his loved ones. He’s over the Rainbow with Jesus now.
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This will keep happening until Equality is established and bullying is prevented
this Man will not have died in vain.
Awful. )= I wish people of other orientations who get bullied into these situations would get covered equally though, this sort of thing doesn’t just happen to gay people and is a lot more common than most people think but it never gets any coverage.
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RIP. How sad. My thoughts are with him and his family.
@James Costagna “Hung” is used for things like hanging a coat, “hanged” is for the death penalty type of hang.
So sad!
very tragic :(
So sad i feel him you feel so helpless when you know you are gay and a teen. you think no one will understand and that you will be all alone. But young people IT GETS BETTER!!Don’t give up! Millions have felt the same way you have and now we all look back and think i can’t believe i felt that way. Say Strong and ask for help if you need it! It does get better!!!
This makes me so sad. RIP Jadin.
Awful :(
Who cares he is gay? He is still a living person, with feelings like everyone else!! This makes me so sick to hear people bullying gay people..
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That is incredibly sad. May you rest in paradise! :(
GRHS… Now its time to publicly hang the bully. I don’t care his age. His parents too. He didn’t learn that hate on his own.
Josh I doubt you have been bullied if you have you wouldn’t go on about people being weak and needing backbones.
RIP in peace Jadin Bell this and the things leading upto this to cause you to think you should take your own life should of never happened
So sad! The bigotry has got to stop!
Very heartbreaking…
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Why? Why do people do utterly cruel things?
i don’t understand why this kind of thing still happens! like i think we’ve seen enough of these hate crimes! learn to accept people for their differences in opinions, religions, races, sexuality, like none of those things should be things that cause violence. as for everyone else, i hope none of your experiences get this bad. we all need to stick up for each other. people are people. R.I.P. buddy, hope they treat you equally wherever you are <3
Bulling for any reason is wrong.
There is no excuse for bullying. This poor kid! I feel so badly for his family. omg I can’t even imagine…
Here’s hoping Jadin’s family is okay….
so sad.. when will it stop.. when will the kids learn it gets better.. the losers that bust you when in school.. are lssers in life ..wish his bright light was still here to shine on
Very very sad. Prayers for his family. May his soul finally be at peace. Heartbreaking. (But the correct verbiage is “hanged”)
Can we stop all this madness!!!!!
Very sad….
:( :( R.I.P Jadin
:-( sometimes it doesn’t get better, good-bye Jadin
SORRY!
Jadin, R.I.P. Your life was precious. ALL life is precious. Whether gay, straight or something in between, love and loving are human, and no one should be faulted for this.
Finally, to all you f*cking a** holes who keep liking this post, may you be banished to the fires of hell for your insensitivity, bigotry, intolerance and basic lack of human decency.
It Gets Better is not enough. We need to Make It Better Now…this boys death was so very unnecessary. People can disagree with homosexuality but why do they feel the need to be cruel and mean?!
It just depresses me hearing that this is still happening and yet at the same time, I know it’s going to still continue.. bullying for any reason is incredibly wrong, there’s a difference between voicing your opinion and meaning to hurt someone. R.I.P. Jadin, my condolences go out to the friends and families affected. The only question on my mind right now is when will younger generations learn tolerance? My generation needs to be their core example… this all just needs to end, suicide, and bullying, period.
Too FUCKING sad. When will the message to stop bullying get through peoples heads. Hey parents, do your god damn job and teach your kids that bullying is wrong!!!!
I am so sorry to hear this. May he rest in peace
This Has to STOP!!
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How sad & cruel for this young man had to subjected to others hatefullness . This world continues to disappoint me so I can only imagine how disappointed our creator of all creation must be in awe of the cruelty we continue to inflict on each other…. Someone let me know when they open up a new planet… I wanna go and let the haters stay here!!!!
So sad R.I.P. I hope his haters get their asses whopped…
As a father now, things strike me differently these days. I know growing up, not as a gay young man, but a very socially outside, childhood is too difficult. I know my son will struggle with the same issues I had. I don’t mean to turn this from a discussion of harassment targeting homosexual children, but any child that feels “outside” needs our understanding and protection.
Should my child be gay, or just a little too sensitive like his father, he will need to know that these bullies are small-small people.
I don’t like. The bullies should be made public by the media.
So sad. R.I.P Jaiden.
very very sad R.I.P
Rest In Peace young one. I don’t know what else to say. You’re gone too soon. Peace, Love, and Respect.
Something is very wrong with our country- we will never be the beacon of light that we claim to be until we have a culture that nurtures ALL of its people…My heart goes out to that young man and his family.
So wrong!
that is so sad
Why does this happen to our young future kids
My prayers are with the family and that’s a very sad story. I hope all of us can be more proactive when we see warning signs of bullied teens.
Change is on the winds
We will make things better
do we care yet do we care enough to stop bulllying, please care
RIP. Barely lived. So, so tragic.
So SAD!
Don’t blame the bully, blame the homo that was too weak to live. Choosing suicide over having to deal with your problems is weak. I’ve been bullied, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to hang myself. This kid was weak and he chose the easy way out. The world’s a better place without people like him imo.
Why? Why do people think it is ok to bully another? RIP, you did not deserve this.
I’m sorry, I don’t understand why people liked this post? This is so sad :(
this is horribly saddening, the hate must be stopped
R.I.P return if possible. sick people, they only bullied him cause he was better
How tragic.
Again another life passes prematurely. Bullys know the difference between right and wrong, if this was directly related to the bullying then they should be helped accountable. Saddened.
Held accountable even.
So sad to hear the bullied teen who hung himself on the playground passed away :(
This is very, very sad.
Very Sad indeed.
wow! I’m sad that this happened……I’m tired of kids doing this to themselves because they are picked on because they are gay or different from the social norm and feel because they don’t fit in that they think they should take their lives…THIS NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT NOW……..!
May the LORD wrap his arms around you…your in a better place!
This has got to stop!! I was picked on as a kid in school. But back then, it wasn’t considered bullying. Kids were just expressing themselves. There has to be better education and support for LGBT youth. We are all human and should be treated equal.
Why??? I agree with Lauryn, THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!
This is absolutely terrible! Poor kid! :(
I seen this posted by someone else and I must say I am highly indifferent to this. It happens all the time and if anyone cared it would probably happen less frequent but we live in a very apathetic society.
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How tragic that it came to this.
Very sad!
there is NO reason this should still happen. breaks my heart for his family and for humanity
Michael Veizaga: You are a sad piece of work. What happened to this beautiful person is not a wek or easy way out, in fact that does not even enter his mind when he did this. he was in the Abyss a place many go when they can no longer make sense, in such a depressed state, it is like being dead yet alive. You should be ashamed of your self for even commenting as you have. GO REST HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN YOUNG ONE< YOUR PAIN ON EARTH IS DONE.:(
My heart just dropped :( R.I.P. Jadin Bell.
My sincerest condolences to his family, his loved ones, and well… may God allow this young man into the Heavens, in final peace and comfort.
this is sad so young
His poor parents. There’s no kind of worse hell for them.
Sad!
So sad R.I.P Jadin
Extremely tragic ~ RIP
i would have been his friend, i feel bad people feel the need to do this:(
We still arent there yet. Jadin Bell is a prime example of how far we are from where we need to be. It’s interesting my mother, an African American woman told me about the overt prejudiced she faced when growing up. She fell in love w/ a Caucasian man, got married and my brother and I were the result of that love that overcame the societal boundaries of that time and place, Vienna Georgia, not really known for its racial tolerance. 15 years later, I came out to my parents, it was met with a response that to this day still hurts my heart and puts a strain on a relationship that is just now beginning to be put back together. Despite living through a time when my mother was threatened and had her house burned to the ground because of who she chose to love, my parents still could not accept the notion that I was a lesbian. Slowly they became a little more tolerant of it, but this is only after being forced to live on my own since i was 16. I could have been Jadin, and I almost was. If not for being surrounded by friends I too would have been lost. Please! To everyone who would think to haze, bully, marginalize, disown, disassociate with, look down on any member of the LGBTQ community find it in your heart to have an ounce of compassion. No matter who you love, we’re all people and ALL on the SAME TEAM!
Such a shame. I hope the ones who did the bullying have to live with a dark cloud over their heads for the rest of their lives.
Aweeee.what a BEAUTIFUL boy! Gee this is SO sad. At this moment I pay my deepest respects to his loved ones. I want to pay tribute to your life . Love you always.Aubz and the rest of the South African Gay nation.RIP angel. Xx
Sad.