Nick Santino, soap opera actor, commits suicide after putting pet dog to sleep

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm sorry, but what a frickin' idiot. Leaving behind family and friend over a dog?????? I don't understand. And on his birthday, no less!!!!

(CBS) Soap opera actor Nick Santino killed himself last week after putting his pet dog to sleep, according to theNew York Post.The paper reports that the actor put down his beloved 5-year-old pit bull, Rocco, on Tuesday - his 47th birthday - and was found dead the next day of an apparent pill overdose.Santino, who appeared in roles on "Guiding Light" and "All My Children," reportedly left behind a suicide note in which he said he "betrayed [his] best friend.""Rocco trusted me and I failed him," he wrote, according to the Post. "He didn't deserve this."The actor reportedly put Rocco to sleep following pressure from his apartment building's condo board, which had begun enforcing strict rules about owning dogs - breeds like pit bulls were reportedly banned, and dogs could not ride in the main elevator or be left alone in apartments for more than nine hours.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57368258-10391698/nick-santino-soap-opera-actor-commits-suicide-after-putting-pet-dog-to-sleep/

[DisAsTerBot]

what an idiot. Just move, you over-dramatic piece of shit.

[manufan10]

This guy needs to win a Darwin award.

[DMC]

Wait, so he killed himself, but he put his dog "to sleep"?
Inconsistent use of euphemisms.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

One less retard to crowd the streets. This is good news people. Except for the dog of course.

[cantthinkofanything]

It'd be funny if the dog woke up and clawed it's way out of the grave.
Or it might be scary if it was like Pet Cemetary.

[703 Spurz]

Why the fuck did he even put the dog to sleep? Move out of your place if they don't allow your dog's breed. Like that's the only god damn option

[lefty]

Fucking pitbuls

Useless dogs

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Wow, that's messed up. Gotta wonder if there was more at play for him to do something that drastic.

[leemajors]

Wow, that's messed up. Gotta wonder if there was more at play for him to do something that drastic.

Last audition tbh

[SourCandy]

People can get really emotionally attached to dogs but wow.

[z0sa]

poor dog...

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Wow, that's messed up. Gotta wonder if there was more at play for him to do something that drastic.

I wouldn't doubt that there was.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

poor dog...

:lol exactly

[TheProfessor]

Why the fuck did he even put the dog to sleep? Move out of your place if they don't allow your dog's breed. Like that's the only god damn option
Or have someone else take care of it. The guy was either an idiot or unstable.

[BlackSwordsMan]

no shit he was unstable he killed himself because his dog died

[BlackSwordsMan]

People can get really emotionally attached to dogs but wow.

I would kill myself the moment you died so my soul could meet yours in heaven as soon as possible.

[InRareForm]

All dogs go to heaven

[Halberto]

I'm glad he no longer has the potential to put more dumb people into this world.

[Goran Dragic]

People can get really emotionally attached to dogs but wow.
He wasn't emotionally attached to his dog at all, if he was he woulda moved and his dog wouldn't have been put to sleep. Dude's just someone who obviously had emotional problems stemming from stuff other than his dog.

[Can't-be-faked]

He wasn't emotionally attached to his dog at all, if he was he woulda moved and his dog wouldn't have been put to sleep. Dude's just someone who obviously had emotional problems stemming from stuff other than his dog.


A veterinarian told Santino that Rocco was becoming aggressive — and Santino blamed it on his own depression.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/doggone_shame_1a9XYW8u9ZLlqwRJTa6jrN#ixzz1l5wLCifd


Too bad Rocco didn't eat Santino while he was all loaded on pills.

[TheProfessor]

no shit he was unstable he killed himself because his dog died
Story makes him sound like a depressed struggling actor who lost it. Him being "forced" to kill his dog wasn't the cause.

[TDMVPDPOY]

oone less retard nothing to see here...

and fck pitbulls and mixed breed pitbulls...

the only morons i see owning these dogs are either junkies, dealers, or morons who got beat up and need a dog....fck that shit...

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol pitbulls are good dogs..instead of blindly and unjustly shitting on their breed, let's focus on shitting on the unbalanced dead man, tbh..