Glamorous Art couple in double suicide

by innes | August 8, 2007 at 10:21 am

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On the evening of July 10, rising art star Jeremy Blake returned to his New York apartment, a converted rectory at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery that he shared with his girlfriend, Theresa Duncan. The couple, extremely devoted and still very much in love after 12 years, had eaten a late lunch together, and Blake invited the church's assistant pastor over for a drink.

According to Father Frank Morales, Blake was the first to discover
Duncan -- a blogger, screenwriter and video-game designer -- lying
prone in the bedroom. "He was crying, visibly shattered," said Morales,
who entered the apartment five minutes behind Blake. "He was sobbing,
kicking the walls, putting his head in his hands. But that night he got
a grip fairly quickly." A suicide note, a bottle of pills and alcohol
were found near the body, police said.

Friends rushed to Blake's side, including some from Los Angeles, where
the couple had lived for several years, and the Washington area, where
Blake was raised. "It was on the table: This guy's an extreme suicide
risk," Morales said. "Six to 10 people took it in shifts looking after
him. We had him blanketed."

But after a week of supervision, Blake was "pulling at the leash,"
Morales said, and returned to his day job as a graphic designer at the
video game manufacturer Rockstar Games.