Julien Hug Committed Suicide

Julien Hug of 'The Bachelorette' committed suicide; Reality star was found dead earlier in the week

Friday, November 05, 2010

Julien Hug, a former contestant on the ABC dating series The Bachelorette who died earlier this week at age 35, committed suicide by shooting himself and left a note for his parents.

The reality star's body was found was found in a remote area near a highway in Southern California on Wednesday. A coroner's report said he died that day and cited a self-inflicted gunshot wound as the cause of death.

"In his letter to us he stated that he was suffering from acute depression and he felt it was his only way out," Hug's parents, Bertrand and Denise, said in a statement carried by People magazine. "While publicly outgoing, he was an extremely private person who internalized everything. Our son meant the world to us and this came as a complete shock." Julien Hug worked as a restaurateur, along with his parents, who owns and runs the Mille Fleurs restaurant in San Diego.
"We are beyond devastated and completely distraught," his parents' statement said. "What we saw was his thirst for life with fast cars, motorcycles and his love of skydiving."
Photos posted on Julien Hug's Facebook page show the reality star driving a motorcycle and skydiving.
Hug starred in the first two episodes of the fifth season of The Bachelorette in 2009, which featured Jillian Harris, who is now a member of the interior design team on the ABC reality series Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
"Please say a prayer for the loss of a friend this morning," Harris wrote on her Twitter page on Thursday. "Life is fragile, don't forget to love the ones you love."

 

Source: http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/11/julien-hug-of-the-bachelorette-left-suicide-note-report-says.html