Editing Guy Debord (section)

=== Death ===
Just before his death, Debord filmed (although did not release) the documentary ''Son art et son temps'' (''His Art and His Times''), an autobiography of sorts that focused primarily on social issues in Paris in the 1990s. It has been suggested that his dark depiction of this period was a [[suicide note]] of sorts. Both Debord's [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and alcohol consumption had become problematic, resulting in [[Alcoholic polyneuropathy|a form]] of [[neuritis|polyneuritis]]. Perhaps to end the suffering caused by these conditions, Debord died by suicide on 30 November 1994, shooting himself through the heart. This was not the first time he attempted to end his life.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Guy Debord and the Situationist International|last=McDonough|year=2002}}</ref>

Debord's suicide is as controversial as it is unclear.<ref>{{cite news|author=Andrew Hussey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jul/28/biography.artsandhumanities |title=The suicide of Guy Debord &#124; Books |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> Some assert that it was a revolutionary act related to his career. Due to his involvement with the radical [[Situationist International]] (SI), as well as his sadness at 'the society as a spectacle' being considered a [[cliché]] in later life, many think that Debord felt hopeless about the very society he was trying to shed light on. Debord was said to be "victim of the Spectacle he fought".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/aug/25/biography.highereducation1|title=The Game of War: The Life and Death of Guy Debord|last=Baker|date=August 2001|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> Among the many commentaries on Debord's demise, one scholar noted: "Guy Debord did not kill himself. He was murdered by the thoughtlessness and selfishness of so-called scholars (primarily trendy lit-criters) who colonized his brilliant ideas and transformed his radical politics into an academic status symbol not worth the pulp it's printed on..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://situationnisteblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/transgressions-a-journal-of-urban-exploration-1995-2001/ |title=Transgressions: A Journal of Urban Exploration [1995–2001&#93; |website=Situationnisteblog.wordpress.com |date= 11 October 2014|access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref>