Editing List of suicides (section)

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* [[Bradford Thomas Wagner]] (2005), American real estate agent, gay pornographic film actor and suspected serial rapist, hanging himself with a bed sheet<ref>Webb, Dennis (July 13, 2005). [https://www.aspentimes.com/news/wagner-hangs-himself-in-boulder-jail/ "Wagner hangs himself in Boulder jail"]. ''[[The Aspen Times]]''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.</ref>
* [[Gustav Wagner]] (1980), Austrian [[SS]]-''[[Oberscharführer]]'' and deputy commander of [[Sobibor extermination camp]], knife wound<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sobiborinterviews.nl/en/extermination-camp/biographies-of-ss-men | title=Biographies of SS men | publisher=sobiborinterviews.nl | access-date=September 9, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Chuck Wagon (musician)|Chuck Wagon]] (1981) American musician and member of [[The Dickies]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/wagon/wagon.htm|title=Chuck Wagon|website=The Dickies|url-status=dead|access-date=June 24, 2023|archive-date=May 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143656/http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/wagon/wagon.htm}}</ref>
* [[Bess Truman|David Wallace]] (1904), father of United States First Lady [[Bess Truman]], gunshot to the head<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/presidents/article-9100104 "Bess Truman"]. ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to American Presidents]]''. Retrieved January 15, 2013.</ref>
*[[Marie Walcamp]] (1936), American actress, gas inhalation<ref>{{cite web|last=Enss|first=Chris|title=Wild Women Of The West: Marie Walcamp|date=December 15, 2021|website=Cowgirl Magazine|url=https://cowgirlmagazine.com/wild-women-of-the-west-marie-walcamp/|access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref>
* [[David Foster Wallace]] (2008), American author, hanging<ref>{{cite news|last1=Noland|first1=Claire|last2=Rubin|first2=Joel|title=Writer David Foster Wallace found dead|date=September 14, 2008|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,7461856.story|access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Ward]] (1963), English [[osteopathic physician]] and one of the central figures in the 1963 [[Profumo affair]], overdose of sleeping pills<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10065727/The-fall-guy-for-Profumo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618165156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10065727/The-fall-guy-for-Profumo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2013|title=The fall guy for Profumo|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref>
* [[John William Warde]] (1938), American bank clerk known for spending 14 hours on a ledge before jumping from the 17th floor of Manhattan's [[Gotham Hotel]]<ref>[http://www.projectwoodhaven.com/2010/February/fourteen_hours.pdf "Fourteen Hours"]. Project Woodhaven. February 2010 ([[Woodhaven, Queens]]). (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2019.</ref><ref>"Window Ledge Sitter Leaps To Death", ''A Century of Journalism'', ''[[New York Post]]'', Volume III, pp. 62 – 72.</ref>
* [[Ed Warren (politician)|Ed Warren]] (1963), American actor, politician and former [[List of mayors of Cheyenne, Wyoming|mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming]], carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 15, 1963|title=Ex-Mayor of Cheyenne is Victim of Suicide|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|via=[[Casper Star-Tribune]]|pages=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51771648/casper-star-tribune/|access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Nick Wasicsko]] (1993), former [[Mayor of Yonkers]], New York (1987–89), gunshot to the head<ref>{{Cite news|title = Ex-Yonkers Mayor's Death Is Laid to Fears of Inquiry|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/09/nyregion/ex-yonkers-mayor-s-death-is-laid-to-fears-of-inquiry.html|work = The New York Times|date = November 9, 1993|access-date = June 27, 2018|issn = 0362-4331|first = Jacques|last = Steinberg}}</ref>
* [[Andre Waters]] (2006), former [[NFL]] safety, gunshot to the head<ref>{{cite news|first=Thomasi|last=McDonald |title=Former NFL player, St. Aug's coach dies |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/512849.html |work=[[The News & Observer]] |date=November 20, 2006 |access-date=September 5, 2018|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922222249/http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/512849.html |archive-date=September 22, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Gary Webb]] (2004), American investigative reporter, gunshot to the head<ref>Grandin, Greg (October 10, 2014). [https://www.thenation.com/article/new-york-times-wants-gary-webb-stay-dead/ "'The New York Times' Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802215752/https://www.thenation.com/article/new-york-times-wants-gary-webb-stay-dead/ |date=August 2, 2017}}. ''[[The Nation]]''.</ref>
*[[Jaromir Weinberger]] (1967), Czech/American composer, lethal overdose of sedative<ref>Beckerman, Michael [http://orelfoundation.org/composers/article/jaromir_weinberger ""]. The Orel Foundation. Retrieved December 24, 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Norton |first=Leslie |date=April 5, 2004 |title=Leonide Massine and the 20th Century Ballet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyM8BQAAQBAJ&q=Jaromir+Weinberger%2Bsedative&pg=PA259 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|page=259 |isbn=978-0-7864-1752-0}}</ref>
* [[Otto Weininger]] (1903), Austrian philosopher, gunshot<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/151903 | title=The duty of genius. A misogynist and anti-Semite, the philosopher Otto Weininger was obsessed by decay. Jason Cowley on the brief life and work of a disturbed icon of fin-de-siecle Vienna | magazine=[[New Statesman]]| date=August 21, 2000| author=Cowley, Jason}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Weise]] (2005), American high school student who perpetrated the [[Red Lake shootings]], gunshot<ref>Jill Burcum (December 19, 2007). [http://m.startribune.com/?id=11581561 "Was Jeff Weise a 'victim'? Debate splits Red Lake {{sic|famil|iies|nolink=y|expected=families}}"]. ''[[Star Tribune]]''. Retrieved January 1, 2015.</ref>
* [[Dorrit Weixler]] (1916), German film actress, hanging<ref>[http://www.postkarten-archiv.de/dorrit-weixler.html "Dorrit Weixler (1892–1916)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083503/http://www.postkarten-archiv.de/dorrit-weixler.html |date=April 7, 2014}}. Postkarten Archiv. Retrieved January 15, 2013.</ref>
* [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] (2012), American rock singer-songwriter and former member of [[Fleetwood Mac]], gunshot to the chest<ref>{{cite news|author=Duke, Alan| title = Musician Bob Welch kills self| publisher =[[CNN]] | date = June 7, 2012| url = http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/showbiz/bob-welch-dead/index.html}}</ref>
* [[Horace Wells]] (1848), American dentist and pioneer of [[anaesthesiology]], slitting his left femoral artery with a razor<ref>{{cite news| title = Suicide of Dr. Horace Wells, of Hartford, Connecticut, U.S|journal = Providence Medical and Surgical Journal| date = May 31, 1848|volume = 12|issue = 11|pages = 305–306|publisher=[[National Center for Biotechnology Information]]|pmid = 20794459|pmc = 2487383}}</ref>
* [[Vince Welnick]] (2006), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist for [[The Tubes]], slit throat<ref>{{cite news|last=Selvin|first=Joel |author-link=Joel Selvin |title=Vince Welnick Lived the Dream, Playing Music with the Grateful Dead, But Depression Dogged Him to His Final Days |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/30/DDG12JM4F61.DTL|url-status=live|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=June 30, 2006|access-date=November 20, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117044704/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Vince-Welnick-lived-the-dream-playing-music-with-2493868.php}}</ref>
* [[Suicide of Dawn-Marie Wesley|Dawn-Marie Wesley]] (2000), Canadian bullied high school student, hanging<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/b-c-girl-convicted-in-school-bullying-tragedy-1.308111 "B.C. girl convicted in school bullying tragedy"]. CBC News. March 26, 2002</ref>
* [[Fred West]] (1995), English serial killer, hanging<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/from-the-archives-suicide-in-birmingham-saw-fred-148650 | title=From the Archives: Suicide in Birmingham saw Fred West cheat justice|work=Birmingham Mail|date=February 16, 2011 | access-date=November 7, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Assia Wevill]] (1969), German-born lover of English poet [[Ted Hughes]], murder–suicide of her daughter with Hughes, gas<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/books/24plath.html|title=Son of Sylvia Plath commits suicide|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Anahad O'Connor|date=March 23, 2009}}</ref>
* [[James Whale]] (1957), English director, drowning<ref>{{cite news| title=Film Producer Dead: James Whale Falls Into Pool: Directed 'Frankenstein' | url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C13FD3C55137A93C2AA178ED85F438585F9 | page=33| work=The New York Times | date=May 30, 1957 | access-date=November 4, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Dan White]] (1985), San Francisco politician who assassinated Mayor [[George Moscone]] and [[Harvey Milk]], carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>{{cite news| author=Robert Lindsey| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E2DE1039F931A15753C1A963948260| title=Dan White, Killer Of San Francisco Mayor, A Suicide| date=October 22, 1985| work=The New York Times|access-date=December 29, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Kurt-Werner Wichmann]] (1993), German suspected serial killer and main suspect in the [[Göhrde murders]], hanging<ref>{{cite news|title=Kurt-Werner Wichmann: War er ein Serienmörder?|periodical=Die Zeit|url=http://www.zeit.de/2018/01/kurt-werner-wichmann-serienmoerder-25-jahre-untersuchungshaft|access-date=July 27, 2019|last=Rebaschus, Matthias|date=December 28, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Robin Williams]] (2014), American comedian and actor, hanging<ref>{{cite web|author=Warner, Kara |url=http://www.people.com/article/robin-williams-widow-susan-williams-people |title=Susan Williams Opens up to PEOPLE About Husband's Battle with Lewy Body Dementia |magazine=People |date=November 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34712651|title=Robin Williams' widow says his health was a nightmare|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=November 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Klien|first1=Gary|title=Marin coroner: Robin Williams hanged self in bedroom|url=http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_26322637|access-date=August 12, 2014|work=Marin Independent Journal|date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813054529/http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_26322637|archive-date=August 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ronnie Williams (comedian)|Ronnie Williams]] (1997), Welsh entertainer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transdiffusion.org/2008/05/11/ryan_davies|author=Nigel Stapley|title=Ryan Davies|publisher=Transdiffusion|url-status=live|date=May 11, 2008|access-date=May 13, 2023|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903161140/https://www.transdiffusion.org/2008/05/11/ryan_davies}}</ref>
* [[Rozz Williams]] (1998), American musician, lead vocalist for [[Christian Death]], hanging<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Layne |first=Anni |date=April 9, 1998 |title=Goth Pioneer Rozz Williams Hangs Himself |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
* [[Wendy O. Williams]] (1998), American singer-songwriter for the [[Plasmatics]], gunshot<ref>Skanse, Richard (April 9, 1998). [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/plasmatics-wendy-o-williams-commits-suicide-19980409 "Plasmatics' Wendy O. Williams Commits Suicide"]. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
* [[Tom Wills]] (1880), Australian cricketer and pioneer of [[Australian rules football]], stabbed himself in the heart with a pair of scissors<ref>de Moore, Greg (2011). [http://alumni.news.unimelb.edu.au/australian-legend-tom-wills-and-tale-two-doctors "An Australian Legend: Tom Wills and a tale of two doctors"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113015124/http://alumni.news.unimelb.edu.au/australian-legend-tom-wills-and-tale-two-doctors |date=November 13, 2014}}, ''Chiron'' ([[Melbourne Medical School]]). Retrieved May 13, 2013.</ref>
* [[Jarrid Wilson]] (2019), American pastor and author<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49667775|title=California megachurch pastor kills himself|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=September 26, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Wilmarth]] (1987), American sculptor, hanging<ref>McFadden, Robert D. (November 20, 1987). [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/20/obituaries/christopher-wilmarth-44-dies-sculptor-is-an-apparent-suicide.html "Christopher Wilmarth, 44, Dies; Sculptor Is an Apparent Suicide"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref>
*[[Sheree Winton]] (1976), English actress, barbiturate overdose<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/dale-winton-dies-aged-62-supermarket-sweep-1.462675|title=Supermarket Sweep presenter Dale Winton dies, aged 62|work=The Jewish Chronicle|author=Weinstein, Jessica|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Jack Wishna]] (2012), president and CEO of [[CPAmerica International|CPAmerica]], carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Wishna found dead: Death of music 'dealmaker' in Vegas ruled suicide |url=http://www.abc15.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity/jack-wishna-found-dead-death-of-music-dealmaker-in-vegas-ruled-suicide|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|via=[[KNXV-TV|ABC 15]] |location=Las Vegas |date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208014654/http://www.abc15.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity/jack-wishna-found-dead-death-of-music-dealmaker-in-vegas-ruled-suicide |archive-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Frank Wolff (actor)|Frank Wolff]] (1971), American actor, slashed his throat<ref>{{cite news|title=FRANK WOLFF DIES; SCREEN ACTOR, 43|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/13/archives/frank-wolff-dies-screen-actor-43.html|issn=0362-4331|date=December 13, 1971|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121221/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/13/archives/frank-wolff-dies-screen-actor-43.html}}</ref>
* [[2009 Binghamton shooting#Perpetrator|Jiverly Antares Wong]] (2009), naturalized American citizen from Vietnam who perpetrated the [[Binghamton shooting]], gunshot<ref>{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=April 3, 2009|title=13 Shot Dead During a Class on Citizenship|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/nyregion/04hostage.html|access-date=July 14, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930122608/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/nyregion/04hostage.html}}</ref>
* [[Tobi Wong]] (2010), Canadian born [[designer]], and conceptual artist, overdosed on pills<ref>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first = William| title = Tobias Wong, Witty Designer and Conceptual Artist, Dies at 35|newspaper = The New York Times| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/arts/design/03wong.html|access-date =June 3, 2010| date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Woo Bum-kon|Bum-kon Woo]] (1982), South Korean policeman and spree killer<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qi0RAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077,5239639 |title=Beserk Korean Policeman Kills 62 |newspaper=[[The Gainesville Sun]] |page=14A |date=April 27, 1982 |access-date=February 16, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022}}</ref>
* [[Woo Seung-yeon|Seung-yeon Woo]] (2009), South Korean actress and model, hanging<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/04/29/2009042900896.html "Starlet Found Dead in Apparent Suicide"]. ''The Chosun Ilbo''. April 29, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
* [[Wally Wood]] (1981), American comic book writer and artist, gunshot<ref>{{cite magazine|last= McLauchlin|first= Jim|title= Tragic Genius: Wally Wood|magazine= [[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]|issue= 228|date = July 2010|url= http://heroinitiative.blogspot.com/2010/06/tragic-genius-wally-wood.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232423/http://heroinitiative.blogspot.com/2010/06/tragic-genius-wally-wood.html|archive-date= December 30, 2013|url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Francesca Woodman]] (1981), American photographer, jumped from a window<ref>Loos, Ted (December 1, 2011). [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/arts/design/francesca-woodman-retrospective.html "Sharing a Guarded Legacy"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref>
* [[Virginia Woolf]] (1941), English author, essayist, and publisher, drowning<ref>Merkin, Daphne (June 8, 1997). [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/08/books/this-loose-drifting-material-of-life.html "This Loose, Drifting Material of Life"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref>
* [[Stephen Wooldridge]] (2017), Australian cyclist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/olympic-cycling-champ-stephen-wooldridge-dies-20170815-gxwdwf.html|title=Olympic cycling champion Stephen Wooldridge dies|date=August 15, 2017|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Tera Wray]] (2016), American pornographic actress<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/wayne-statics-widow-tera-wray-static-found-dead/ Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Static Found Dead]. ''Blabber Mouth''. January 14, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
*[[Marcin Wrona]] (2015), Polish film director, hanging<ref>Sedia, Giuseppe (November 5, 2015). [http://www.krakowpost.com/10696/2015/11/demon-2015-the-film-and-its-directors-tragic-suicide-behind-it/ "Demon (2015): The film and its director's tragic suicide behind it"]. ''[[Krakow Post]]''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
* [[Wu Zixu]] (484 BC), Chinese general and politician of the [[Wu (state)|Wu]], stabbed himself with a sword<ref>{{cite book|title = The Cloudy Mirror: Tension and Conflict in the Writings of Sima Qian| last = Durrant|first = Stephen W. | year = 1995 | publisher = State University of New York Press|page=77}}</ref>