- Born
- Died
- James Vance was born on October 12, 1965 in California, USA. He died on November 29, 1988 in Reno, Nevada, USA.
- Parents
- James Vance and his friend Raymond Belknap were depressed teenagers whose lives were in shambles. They both made a suicide pact on December 23, 1985. Vance and Belknap went to a church playground while intoxicated on substances and both of them shot themselves in the faces with a shotgun. Vance survived while Belknap died. Vance spent from 1985 to 1988 going through reconstructive surgery along with spending time in a mental institution to try to combat drug abuse and suicidal thoughts. He died in 1988 from complications of surgery and his use of methadone to try and cure his drug addiction. His family sued the rock group Judas Priest and blamed the music for their son's death. His family lost the case.
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