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Posted May 2nd 2008 4:16PM by TMZ Staff

Suicide at Disney hotelA man jumped to his death from the 14th floor of the Disneyland Hotel this afternoon.

TMZ spoke to Anaheim Police spokesperson Rick Martinez who tells us the male victim was between 30-40 years old and was in Anaheim on business. He was sharing the hotel room with a male co-worker and jumped from their balcony.

An investigation is under way, but all indications are the death was a suicide.


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16. I bet they tried to charge him extra for that thrill ride.....

Posted at 4:55PM on May 2nd 2008 by mike

17. How sad...I was planning on going to Downtown Disney today....bad timing I'm guessing.

Posted at 4:56PM on May 2nd 2008 by Denise

18. Hello, well I sell the hotels for the Disneyland Resort and there is only 11 floors at the disneyland hotel.

Posted at 4:56PM on May 2nd 2008 by Anthony

19. What an idiot!! Go jump out of a tree in the middle of the forest, not at a place where children are present. Another dysfunctional off the streets and I'm happier for it!

Posted at 5:01PM on May 2nd 2008 by Muzzy

20. Wow, I can't beleive all the cold comments on here. That anyone is desperate enough to take their own life, let alone the thousands of children there who may have seen this........

Posted at 5:18PM on May 2nd 2008 by Tina

21. Woah... i just saw this, to whoever said the lebowitz comment, thats not that funny, so please get a life

Posted at 7:25PM on May 2nd 2008 by person

22. You people are sickening. A man committed suicide today (which I believe is wrong) and you people are making fun of him? Shame on you people. And shame on TMZ for perpetuating the constant cycle of death as sensational news, as well as making fun of a man's death. Hey Harvey, if you die I am going to throw a friggin party in your honor and call nothing but comics to disperage your life and memory. I am sure your mom woudl be proud.

Posted at 5:21PM on May 2nd 2008 by ckserb

23. I blame Mickey Mouse.

Posted at 5:26PM on May 2nd 2008 by rabbit on the moon

24. Some people really freak when they see a mouse....

Posted at 5:26PM on May 2nd 2008 by chicken stripper

25. I worked at Disneyland many many years ago when I was young. We actually heard that people sometimes came to the park to commit suicide. I agree it's not funny. We used to theorize that depressed people came to the park in hopes of cheering themselves up by recapturing the joy they felt when they were small; only to be overwhelmed with the fact that being at the park, alone and depressed, only exacerbated things. I think this is a strange topic for TMZ, unless the man was famous.

Posted at 6:04PM on May 2nd 2008 by Marianne Chitter Chatter

26. What is really sad is that some family lost a relative and a loved one but yet websites like TMZ seem to want to find humor in it.......why?

Posted at 5:40PM on May 2nd 2008 by Sam

27. where's the video?

Posted at 5:36PM on May 2nd 2008 by me

28. Yea, usually, if you jump from the 14th floor, it's suicide.

Posted at 5:47PM on May 2nd 2008 by Sebastian

29. If you don't like TMZ then leave. I'll never understand why people register, hang around here all day, just to post on every topic how much you think TMZ sucks. Get a life. Get a job.

Posted at 5:48PM on May 2nd 2008 by wait what

30. What a prick. If You hate your life so much and want to end it, then that's fine, but dont make it public. that A-hole probably scarred kids for life because he was such a pathetic loser. I hope it hurt.

Posted at 5:51PM on May 2nd 2008 by steve

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