$37M lotto winner dies heartbroken recluse

Comment #40

rdgrnr — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:28:57 GMT

I know a string of crabby wimmins that were very happy to get houses (mine).

I guess they just didn't enjoy wedded bliss. A couple of em said they wadn't gonna play second fiddle fer a honky tonkin man. Talk about unreasonable.

They all et good though. One of em got so big, when she walked her rear end looked like two hogs in a sack fightin over milk duds. She didn't wanna hear about it.

Wimmins just don't understand me sometimes.

Comment #39

rdgrnr — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:12:52 GMT

Maybe being sad and rich is a little better than being sad and poor.

Comment #38

got money$ — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:05:17 GMT

Y do you try to hit the lotto to be so sad

Comment #37

AuntiePat — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:13:20 GMT

Actually, the way to solve THAT dilemma is to bring the rest of your family up with you--everyone in my Significant Other's family and my family are accounted for and know precisely what their share will be should I win a large jackpot. If we win a large enough jackpot--I even have plans for a Cousin Trust with provisions in it for his and my cousins. Just who else besides family do you have to socialize with? Do you really think the successful millionaires who have worked long and hard for thei... [ More ]

Comment #36

KSplayer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:15:38 GMT

Money doesn't buy happiness, if you aren't happy before you have money you won't be happy after you have money.

Comment #35

dphillips — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:19:08 GMT

You are a breath of fresh air; your kind words are food for thought, huh? I feel sorry for the next generation who will have to undue all of the obstacles and hurdles besought upon them by some members of the ruling class, e.g., media, education, and others. Here, we're talking about the next 25 years or 50 years before the next generation rebounds. It's up to them to continue the honored traditions of the past -- if they so desire.

Finally, some of us will be dead, and we'll not be around to... [ More ]

Comment #34

rdgrnr — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:08:49 GMT

I'm very sorry to hear about your aunt, Pumpi.

Comment #33

rdgrnr — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:07:03 GMT

Louise, a lot of children are growing up without any morals or values anymore and I'm surprised you haven't noticed it. They live by the general principle of If it feels good, do it. And it's part and parcel of an agenda.

Put that along with a government (both sides!) that has put us under 14 trillion dollars of debt and won't stop borrowing and spending like drunken sailors and we've got big problems.

This is the greatest country in the world but it is not indestructible. If we don't stop... [ More ]

Comment #32

pumpi76 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:41:23 GMT

guys i dont know what s going on but a far away ant who had moved to Venezuela when i was a kid had a heart attack last night, i received the news today.....

Comment #31

catchdecrab — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:49:38 GMT

This is a sad story that he died.

Boy if I every win millions. I will take care of my immediate family and I would VOW to help others get a good jump start.

I always hope that people who will the lottery are not selfish and really turn there fortune over by helping people.

Of course not be stupid and squander, but i will not give to foundations and charites like most people do. I would help individual people really have a better life.

Comment #30

louise black — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:36:26 GMT

That too bad about this gent ,Rdgrnnr what the hell are you talking about But good decent American are in the process of turning things around despite them . For my sake and many like me I hope not .Your love of country and people are obvious not as mine.Good luck on that one.

Comment #29

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:56:28 GMT

Comment #28

addai1516 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:22:35 GMT

Sad sad story why should your life stay the same if you are a millionaire ? i will enjoy myself to the bone. Tight fisted people are very unhappy people so that says it all..

Comment #27

Dell ink — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:51:28 GMT

$37 million? That's a big big money if I were him I will immedieately hire a security for my safety! So where did his money go

Comment #26

Piaceri — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:45:12 GMT

dphillips, Don't be ashamed of this country because a portion does not value family or understand what family truely is. There are people out there who have suffered the 'it takes a village' attitude, those who have suffered because the rules of welfare benefitting single parent families, those who have suffered from media exploitation of the abnormal, and those who have suffered dumbing down in order to make those with 'less' feel better - exceptualism being frowned upon. Despite all of this, t... [ More ]

Comment #25

time*treat — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:45:12 GMT

Too often the idea is promoted that because someone has a lot of money or many people know their name, that their life should be a free-for-all-to-see spectacle and that any and every aspect of it should be available for public consumption.

The next-best thing (for the losers) is to be friends with a famous or wealthy person, then they can yak-blab the person's business to the tabloids or in a book.

Comment #24

hearsetrax — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:37:43 GMT

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:04:57 GMT

I'm ashamed to be called a citizen of this country...

Don't be ashamed of the whole country, dphillips. There are still a lot of good people out there with wholesome values and morals.

It's just a certain segment of society that has been fostering an agenda to diminish our morals and values in this country.

Unfortunately the segment that wants to debase and devalue our honored traditions controls the news media, the education system and 2/3rds of our government.

But good, decen... [ More ]

Comment #22

dphillips — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:34:11 GMT

I can relate to that person, too. Even the great Greta Garbo almost said the same words.

Each person's family dynamics is different, also. Not every family was like the Brady Bunch, Father Knows Best, or The Lucy Show. Wow, times have changed, but it is -- what it is!

Personally, I can't comment on his family dynamics, but families out there in America had better get it together because the next generation (now) is suffering from the fragmented, psychological, and dysfunctional agony spewe... [ More ]

Comment #21

iGlenn — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:35:58 GMT

Sometimes people just want to be left alone.

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:12:18 GMT

I think Merle Haggard said it right:

I don't let no woman tie me down

And I'll never get too old to get around

I wanna die along the highway and rot away

Like some old high-line pole

With this restless Ramblin' Fever in my soul.

This man however had his own way and unless we walked in his shoes we would scant know the road or why he took it.

And I'm sure if asked he would say: Ain't nobody's business but my own .

And it ain't.

But I betcha he's happier now th... [ More ]

Comment #19

dphillips — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:07:42 GMT

We just recently read of a happy lottery winner this month, and now this! This story is sad, tragic because as far as we know, the person had a will to live: not everyone will obtain the chance to win the lottery. Now, some people will read the story and think...see there, I told you so...money doesn't buy happiness. To that reply: if you weren't happy before winning and you had major psychological or mental issues; then, all the money in the world will not bring peace of mind.

You see, it's... [ More ]

Comment #18

LottoPools — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:41:15 GMT

Who says he was heartbroken? If he closeted himself away, no one knew what he was doing. He may have met someone and been having the time of his life. Or he may have been on his own and having the time of his life. Just because he cut off contact with the people he knew before the win doesn't mean he was heartbroken or miserly. It just means he lived a private life. Isn't that what we post about here all the time? Perhaps those that were in his life post-win are continuing to respect his right t... [ More ]

Comment #17

HaveABall — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:20:32 GMT

Yes, it was probably a wonderful experience

Comment #16

pumpi76 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:18:42 GMT

this is my last post here on this Thread:

Death smiles at us ALL [whao!], all a man can do is, smile back...

SMILE BACK AND PRAY....

THATS TRUE JOSHUACLOCK....THE BEST DRUG FOR CANCER WE ALREADY ARE BORN WITH IT...

Comment #15

joshuacloak — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:02:25 GMT

the pic alone tells the story of why hes dead now.....

like how he never talked much thro, i like people who mind their own.

if the rumor was true, and he had cancer before the win, Now it all becomes clear, i like to talk about health , we Must be healthy, its life or death in later years of your life.

overweight, and or obese,really its the lack of physical exerise best proven way to die faster , is the number #1 way to shorten your life,

did you know pro Athletes who retired

Comment #14

pumpi76 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:00:47 GMT

they should drop the name: HUmankind and replaced it by: BY-A-WHISKER...

Comment #13

pumpi76 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:25:37 GMT

you know one of the many reasons why i say that??? Just to THINK how many THOUSANDS of times this planet in the past would had been eliminated, just to think that we came from a bacteria and from a monkey just to think that we are a ball hovering in space in MID AIR with no chords, just to look at the Sun in close shots, just to look at what occurs in other parts of the universe or other planets, just to think that there is life here but NO WHERE ELSE, just to see how man happily celebrate every... [ More ]

Comment #12

pumpi76 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:54:42 GMT

Here is a quote from the movie: Gladiator...

Death smiles at us ALL [whao!], all a man can do is, smile back...

you never know live life to the fullest...

Comment #11

pumpi76 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:45:11 GMT

talking about a future: BILLIONAIRE...

He died a hermit, i could had told you that: 50 years ago...he must had had a good heart...

Comment #10

pumpi76 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:26:09 GMT

what a face indeed, they will do anything for that face and to that face....Is called: CLASS...And in canada and with that French name or so it looks...guys dont mind me...is also written on his face but i think this time it was environment...

Comment #9

konane — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:57:11 GMT

Seems he lived life and faced death under his own terms. RIP.

Comment #8

nickey t — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:33:33 GMT

so so sad .. but the idea i'm getting is that 1) he was already sickly and 2) he previously had issues with family .. so, who knows where the money is or who he left in charge but i respect recluses and their privacy and assume this was all part of his plan .. he certainly could have enjoyed the millions if he wanted to and who is to say he didn't .. well, his estate knows everything

Comment #7

Jon D — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:08:43 GMT

Money can buy a lot of things and solve many of life's problems.

But it just goes to show: if you don't have your health, not a lot of good those millions will do.

Stay healthy.

Comment #6

hearsetrax — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:58:24 GMT

dunno about that ..... but I reckon the answer died with him

personally am curious as to his last days,beliefs/figgurings/lessons learned and how many true friends he had if any

bad enough he died alone

Comment #5

foragoodcause — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:43:37 GMT

Unfortunately when you become millionaire overnight you have to hide from people specially your family.

Comment #4

Raven62 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:37:06 GMT

Can Money Buy Happiness?

It can if the Money Winner doesn't Limit their own Potential to be Happy with the Choices They Make!

R. I. P. Graham

Comment #3

sully16 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:35:10 GMT

Very sad indeed.

Comment #2

ameriken — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:46 GMT

What a bummer, such a sad story.

Comment #1

dpoly1 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:48:22 GMT

I would choose to enjoy the money if I would win a large amount.

Living a more comfortable life and helping other would be most enjoyable

$37M lotto winner dies heartbroken recluse

Lottery Post — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:37:32 GMT

Ontario's biggest-ever lottery winner died a heartbroken and miserly recluse, estranged from family and too sick or too tightfisted to spend his millions.

Friends of 59-year-old Graham Gelineau, who won $37 million in 2007 from a Canada Lotto 6/49 ticket, told the Sun the eccentric and mysterious Graham disappeared after collecting his jackpot, not returning to the cheap room he rented in a boarding house on St. Clair Ave. W.

Friends aren't sure of the exact date of his death but have hear... [ More ]