# Death of "Searching For Sugar Man" director officially ruled suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-searching-for-sugar-man-director-officially-ruled-suicide/690574 "2014-06-11T23:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-searching-for-sugar-man-director-officially-ruled-suicide/690574/1 "2014-06-11T23:08:59Z")
Here are more details about his very public suicide. How traumatic this must have been for all the people who witnessed it. > **[Oscar to Suicide in One Year: Tracing the 'Searching for Sugar Man'...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/oscar-to-suicide-in-one-year-tracing-the-searching-88483379682.html)** > > “Unauthorized people prohibited on the tracks.” VIDEO: ‘Sugar Man’ Director on His Journey from Swedish TV to Oscars It was just the type of place that the young man, a 36-year-old Swedish journalist and Oscar-winning film director named Malik... ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-searching-for-sugar-man-director-officially-ruled-suicide/690574/2 "2014-06-11T23:26:24Z")
Damn. ☹ indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-searching-for-sugar-man-director-officially-ruled-suicide/690574/3 "2014-06-12T00:19:08Z")
It’s quite the story. I feel terrible for all who knew him.