ploopy

said 24 year old Harlan Ellison, who passed away on this day, June 28th, 8 years ago in 2018, at the age of 84. against all odds, the guy who never shut up and “woke up angrier every morning” died peacefully in his sleep.

he died when i was 15, so it’s weird sometimes knowing that we were both kicking at the same time and i had no clue in the world who he was. a lot of the time, i research people who died before i was born and with Harlan’s antics mainly taking place in the 20th century, that makes him feel even more far away.

by the end of his life, Harlan’s undiagnosed bipolar disorder, his immense depression, was so bad that he had almost fully attempted to take himself out. luckily, he stopped at the last second and he finally reached out for help.

i mightve said this before, but it’s unfair that some sort of peace came so late in life for him. finding out that he suffered from all of that the whole time and was just forcing himself to deal with it.. it explains a lot.

there have been many times that i (and im sure some of you) have said “nah, no way, ill never make it to that age.” but i suppose we should keep trying anyway.

rest in peace, Harlan.