Talk:Todd Armstrong

Armstrong's death

A poster on the Internet Movie Database, in response to the question, "How did he die?" said the following:

 by Concorde1957 (Wed Jun 30 2010 12:17:46)	

Ignore this User | Report Abuse UPDATED Wed Jun 30 2010 12:23:57 Hello!

My name is Dr. Earl Dean Mitchell. I am a retired psychologist. My area was suicide and psychological and criminal profiling. Todd was a friend of mine. We were both in the famous 1958 class at Pasadena Playhouse, along with Dustin Hoffman. I am the only person who has "video" on Todd. ie: 8 mm silent film, now video and DVD. We lost touch in the later years as I lived in Hawaii for 21 years.

1. He was a member of the alternative lifestyle. 2. He lived on a Trust Fund after his parents died. 3. He actually only made that one movie and dozens of small TV roles. 4. His very active personal lifestyle was the most important thing to him. 5. Notice most everything stops in 1982. 6. If I were required to make a honest profile, based on the John "Todd" Armstrong that I knew, I would say that he did (in fact) commit suicide due to either HIV or AIDS. He would not have wanted to live.

He was a wonderful person and I enjoyed his company.

The implication is clearly that Armstrong was gay ("alternative lifestyle" which he "pursued actively"), had a confirmed HIV status some time after 1982, and committed suicide a decade later after the HIV had converted to full-blown AIDS.

The question in my mind I guess is, is this a reliable source? Dr Mitchell seems credible; but after all, it's only a post. The information would seem to round out the story, somewhat.140.161.86.159 (talk) 02:42, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Trivia on his IMDb page suggests he committed suicide over an injury, yet I think that too is not a good citation, being that it's a site anybody can just dump content on. Therefore, it's unreliable.PeterMan844 (talk) 22:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)