

Thanks to Wanda for giving the interview to WFAA in October 2018.Īll too many times people are simply forgotten, as is the lesson that we can all learn from them, their problems and their mistakes. Thanks to all the people’s comments and efforts to tell Jeremy’s story. and thejeremystory provide further info. Listen to Wanda’s story that shed some light on real Jeremy on WFAA youtube channel. It was inside a two-story home where police say 63-year-old Raymond Haydel murdered his two teenage daughters, Natasha and Alexa, before killing. National and local mental health services, listed below, offer telephone, chat, text and other resources for people who are at risk of suicide. Talking openly about suicidal thoughts and feelings can save a life. He was more than just the theme of a song or a faded, sensational topic in some newspaper articles. The other had just graduated high school on June 1. Suicide prevention starts with recognizing the warning signs of suicide and taking them seriously. One of the goals of this memorial site is to add human touch and more depth to Jeremy’s story and give an idea of what he was really like.Īs his mother Wanda said ‘the day of his death does not define his life’.

This is Jeremy’s story, compiled from various first hand accounts and sources. His parents divorced and since mid 1990 Jeremy lived with his father. It was in Dallas, Richardson and Casa View where Jeremy lived. If you got anything to contribute or correct, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line, or Email or write a comment below! Thanks to them, it is possible to gain a more realistic picture of what Jeremy was like when he was alive. Through the years, people who knew Jeremy were willing to share their knowledge. Loosely based on fact, the song is a work of art and thus did not set out to provide a realistic image of Jeremy. For the Delle family, the popularity of the song became a nightmare. PJ’s ‘Jeremy’ became a classic grunge song that touched many people all over the world and immortalized the last act of a confused and depressed boy. Read more about PJ and Eddie Vedder’s statements here and here. Vedder also based the song on personal experience. The sad and puzzling story of Jeremy inspired Vedder to promptly write the lyrics to PJ’s 3rd single ‘Jeremy’. Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and Suicide Squad (2016). Read the original Dallas Morning News coverage here. He first rose to fame for his portrayal Jordan Catalano on the teenage drama My So-Called. News coverage of this tragedy would get the attention of Eddie Vedder, lead singer and songwriter of then semi-unknown band Pearl Jam from Seattle working on their debut album. On January 8th, 1991, 15 yo sophomore Jeremy Wade Delle walked into his English class at Richardson HS and committed suicide in front of 30 students and his teacher Faye Barnett.
