Courtesy of HuffPo:
The 19-year-old son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling was found dead Friday.
The cause of Eric Chase Bolling’s death remained unknown as of Saturday afternoon.
The younger Bolling died hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways “amicably” with his father. The Fox personality came under fire after HuffPost published a report in August revealing that he had sent inappropriate text messages to current and former female colleagues.
The Huffington Post did not identify the cause of death, perhaps out of respect, but TMZ did:
Well placed FNC sources tell TMZ ... Eric Chase died from a drug overdose. We're told he was having a hard time dealing with the trouble his dad was having at the network. Our sources say he was extremely embarrassed by the stories and was "emotionally upset."
If this is accurate, and I am pretty sure it must be or I don't think TMZ would have written it, this is incredibly sad news.
I almost did not post this today because I worried that people who do not like Bolling would say hateful things.
I also really do not like Eric Bolling, but he is a parent who just lost his only child.
Right now there is nothing that matters at all except for that. Not the fact that he worked for a cable station that has worked to destroy journalism in this country, not the hateful things he has said about President Obama, not even the fact that he sexually harassed the women who worked with him.
The ONE thing that matters is that this man just lost his only child.
I think the majority of us here are parents so I know you can imagine what that must feel like.
There is literally NO pain I can imagine that would hurt as much as the pain he must be feeling right now.
And if TMZ is right, and the suicide was the result of Bolling's behaviors at work and the loss of that job,......well....there are simply no words to express what that must feel like.
So as one human being to another, I am deeply sorry for Mr. Bolling's loss and only want to express my most heartfelt condolences.
The 19-year-old son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling was found dead Friday.
The cause of Eric Chase Bolling’s death remained unknown as of Saturday afternoon.
The younger Bolling died hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways “amicably” with his father. The Fox personality came under fire after HuffPost published a report in August revealing that he had sent inappropriate text messages to current and former female colleagues.
The Huffington Post did not identify the cause of death, perhaps out of respect, but TMZ did:
Well placed FNC sources tell TMZ ... Eric Chase died from a drug overdose. We're told he was having a hard time dealing with the trouble his dad was having at the network. Our sources say he was extremely embarrassed by the stories and was "emotionally upset."
If this is accurate, and I am pretty sure it must be or I don't think TMZ would have written it, this is incredibly sad news.
I almost did not post this today because I worried that people who do not like Bolling would say hateful things.
I also really do not like Eric Bolling, but he is a parent who just lost his only child.
Right now there is nothing that matters at all except for that. Not the fact that he worked for a cable station that has worked to destroy journalism in this country, not the hateful things he has said about President Obama, not even the fact that he sexually harassed the women who worked with him.
The ONE thing that matters is that this man just lost his only child.
I think the majority of us here are parents so I know you can imagine what that must feel like.
There is literally NO pain I can imagine that would hurt as much as the pain he must be feeling right now.
And if TMZ is right, and the suicide was the result of Bolling's behaviors at work and the loss of that job,......well....there are simply no words to express what that must feel like.
So as one human being to another, I am deeply sorry for Mr. Bolling's loss and only want to express my most heartfelt condolences.
