long time passing

Genius Kills Self
George Ferney, lifelong “prodigy at everything he touched,” was found dead in his Lake Erie cottage this morning. Police spokespersons said that the cause of death would not be disclosed to the public at this time due to privacy concerns, but that death had been conclusively established as self-inflicted.
Since his childhood in Buffalo, NY, George Ferney has been hailed by educators, researchers, politicians, celebrities, and some of the leading minds across the world as the greatest genius the world had seen since Mozart, or perhaps ever.
Although his rise to international fame was connected strongly with his virtuosity in all the arts, since his middle adolescence Ferney's energies had focused on the cause of the environment and the ever-increasing problem of global climate change.
There have been reports of a suicide note from sources closely connected with Ferney. Details are few but all sources have indicated that Ferney had for some time been severely depressed about what he perceived as his own incompetence. According to one neighbour, the note stated that Ferney hoped that others “more adept than I will do the work that I am unqualified to do.” When asked about them, Police spokespersons provided no comment to either confirm or deny these reports.

wow… that will definitely be a movie-of-the-week, thought Theo, flaked out on a 50-year-old couch listening to a CD -- a CD! hahah --
-- when his headphones cut out and the phone started blasting what sounded like white noise by comparison.
Andrew was yacking at him over the speakerphone. Something about green piss.