Curtis Taylor
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Curtis Taylor (December 18, 1978 - March 22, 1993) was a student who attended Oak Bridge Middle School in Burlington, Iowa who is notable for committing suicide after several years of fequent bullying.
His suicide was notable for being one of the first examples of bullycide, in which a student is killled or kills themselves directly because of bullying. He was the victim of various kinds of abuse, including being tripped in the hallways, having chocolate milk poured down his shirt, being shoved into lockers, having his bicycle vandalized, and having a cast on his broken foot kicked repeatedly.
On the evening of March 22, 1993, Curtis Taylor went into his bedroom and shot himself once in the head. He was later found by his 5-year-old brother. Curtis was the subject of an article by journalist Bob Greene.
See also
- Bullycide
- Teenage suicide
- Bullying
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