Jordin tootoo brother suicide

Tootoo, whose brother Terence died by suicide, spoke candidly about his addiction and mental health problems.

  • Tootoo, whose brother Terence died by suicide, spoke candidly about his addiction and mental health problems.
  • Watch as Jordin Tootoo explains his time in the NHL, losing his brother to suicide and many other challenges the former enforcer faced.
  • Jordin Tootoo's older brother Terence played for the Roanoke Express of the ECHL in the –02 season.
  • Rising hockey star Terence Tootoo was found dead last Thursday in the bushes behind the house in Brandon, Manitoba where he was staying with his brother Jordin.
  • When Terence died by suicide, his loss was enormous and the implications were terrifying.

    • Jordin Tootoo's older brother Terence played for the Roanoke Express of the ECHL in the –02 season.!

    Duff: Tootoo takes brother's death to heart

    Those were the last words Detroit Red Wings right-winger Jordin Tootoo ever heard from his older brother Terence, and he read them from a note.

    Published Feb 21, 2013  •  Last updated May 31, 2020  •  3 minute read

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    “Do well Jor.

    Go all the way. Take care of the family. You are the man. Ter.”

    Those were the last words Detroit Red Wings right-winger Jordin Tootoo ever heard from his older brother Terence, and he read them from a note.

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    His brother’s suicide note.

    More than a decade later, Jordin still can’t bring himself to talk about the loss of his brother, who was just 22 when he killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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