LPGA Golfer Found Dead in Vegas-area Home

LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg has died at her home near Las Vegas. So far, police aren't giving any indication of how the 25-year-old died. (May 11)

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[emncaity]

@john123wayne

Wow...that's an awful lot to read into a tragic situation right after it happens, on the basis of a few comments from the father and from totally limited info. Even if you're right, doesn't it seem to wrong to speculate like this with the family in the middle of shock and grieving--and even worse if you're wrong? Accusing her father of driving her to suicide...Jesus. This kind of accusation is easy to make, unprovable as yet, and if wrong, is a really monstrous thing to say.

[john123wayne]

my hunch? her father was a total prick to deal with and when she placed 44th in her last tournament in mexico, he read her the riot act and she broke. i mean seriously, her father is already putting a spin on it. first, he doesnt seem shattered as i would be. second, he is saying, "she isnt immune to the pressure of golf....etc". i have lived with narcissistic personalites and they are hard to deal with; always critical . i think he drove her to suicide. my condolescenses to all. r.i.p.

[fenderboy34]

@emncaity well u know what, go listen to the interview again. the dad is does not one bit remorseful. insted, he calls the daughter "crazy" and he goes on about this is a case where the parent has done nothing wrong and the kid just does this. really? youre calling me a naive. geez, what is wrong with your common sense.

[emncaity]

@whole27

Depends on what you mean by "a lot." What's the percentage? Or are you just guessing? It's not "rare to find horrible parents," and of course I agree there are "too many bad parents." But unless you lack critical thinking skills and like to advertise that fact on the Internet, you really can't make the leap from some general presumption like that about a worldwide population to a declaration that this specific father essentially killed this daughter.

[emncaity]

@fenderboy34

Maybe before you call somebody "naive" and tell people you don't even know to "open your fuckin eyes to reality," you ought to know more about both the situation you're referring to and the person you're talking to. I absolutely guarantee you I've seen more "fuckin reality" than you have, if you're talking about hardness and cruelty. But the real point is, you know only what you've read in the media, and yet you're ready to call the father a killer. Talk about naive.

[fenderboy34]

@emncaity yes, it is monstrous, but if u werent so naive, than maybe u'd open your fuckin eyes to reality. he called his dead daughter crazy, and like what many people have said, what kind of parent calls their own dead kid crazy? this sick son of a bitch probably drove her to suicide. stupid parents that wanna get money from their own kids, howa bout him getting a fuckin job?

[Dovelike]

What are the latest facts on this story? Was the father a total monster that led her daughter to suicide? Once we know all the facts some of the comments on here don't hold any water.

[barbie96boy]

Didn't law and order do this in an episode last year?

[whole27]

Her father used to call her a "fucking dumbass" often when she couldn't get a golf shot down as witnesses and her friends told the police! SO obviously her father was a big reason she committed suicide, he certainly wasn't helping her!

[whole27]

@emncaity a lot of parents drive their children to suicide...u act as if its rare to find horrible parents in the world....there are ten's of millions of bad parents! Parents who are clueless to the fact that their children are depressed and suicidal, that their parenting is not helping and even hurting their children and driving them closer to suicide and a million other issues. Too many bad parents in the world!

[mcwinker]

She was hot