A 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.
Filed under: R.I.P.
31. 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
32. TMZ isn't poking fun at the guy......just telling you some sad news. They wanted you to know first before its all over the news.
Posted at 6:26PM on May 2nd 2008 by Denise
33. I hope he starts a trend. People leaping into the sweet bye and bye at DisneyWorld & DisneyLand. I can't wait until somebody pulls the plug at DisneyWorld, on live tv would be best.
Posted at 6:32PM on May 2nd 2008 by FlBiker
34. beenthere #34...sometimes the truth hurts , but what Izzie is saying is pretty correct, people jumping in front of subways, disrupting the whole system and terrifying the poor driver, hanging urself in ur mothers shed KNOWING she would find u, that IS SELFISH...I can see if u r a distraught teenager, but she was a grown woman who had her act together so too speak...shooting urself in the head to be found by a loved one. I assume most people give alot of thought if they r in that sad place...so it is selfish to leave ur horror image of being found to a loved one. imo.
Posted at 6:50PM on May 2nd 2008 by trouble getting my hdtv working.
35. Poor guy probably found out how expensive everything was! We were supposed to go this week and stay at the hotel, thank God we went a week earlier ($150 gift card, which didn't cover $175 dollar BUFFET for 2 adults and 4 children (with 2 being under 3!)). Happiest place on Earth, my ass. Never saw so many unhappy, wailing kids. My feet need a vacation from this vacation and my wallet is empty ($where do they get off selling a bottle of water for $2.75?)
Posted at 7:20PM on May 2nd 2008 by Disneyland = Legalized Stealing
36. 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
37. 18. Anthony: the first wing (which houses the check-in) has 11 floors, but there are 2 other buildings. We stayed in the "Wonder" one and it had 14 floors (ok, 13, because people are superstitious). We stayed on the 12th floor.
Posted at 7:32PM on May 2nd 2008 by Disneyland = Legalized Stealing
38. He may have just read a synopsis about the last 7 years of Dubya
Posted at 7:42PM on May 2nd 2008 by tommy
39. 4. He probably couldn't get "It's A Small World" out of his head.
Posted at 4:26PM on May 2nd 2008 by Lemonh3d
AAaaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!! Rest In Peace, Dude Guy, sorry to hear this....but picturing the scene of a guy jumping out a window cuz of that song is HELLA funny!!!
Posted at 7:56PM on May 2nd 2008 by TMZ haters......LEAVE!!!!
40. He must have pissed off the scientologists. Did he say something bad about Tommy Girl?
Posted at 8:09PM on May 2nd 2008 by me
41. What an idiot!!
It is the ONLY place I stay when I go to Disneyland
This is a place of happiness
If this person had problems I am sorry BUT LET OTHERS ENJOY THE RESORT & THE HOTEL!!
Posted at 8:34PM on May 2nd 2008 by Ms Kris
42. he couldnt deal with the fact he just had gay sex on a business trip .
Posted at 8:55PM on May 2nd 2008 by rainman
43. indeed i remember my nightmare day at disney world my roomate had panic attack on splash mountain and when it stopped briefly he got out to be hit and run over by the next car. nov 5th 2000 will be a day i always remember
Posted at 9:18PM on May 2nd 2008 by cpm
44. Poor thing, Probably thought he was Peter pan.
Posted at 10:49PM on May 2nd 2008 by EnglishCkickBackInNY
45. http://bp0.blogger.com/_XOjDUIzHDXw/R_Rn0stUX4I/AAAAAAAAA1w/EygDCOkr7HM/s1600-h/wdcspatri.JPG THIS IS AN OLD PICTURE.
Posted at 1:25AM on May 3rd 2008 by Robert
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