Texas Roadhouse CEO died by suicide amid ‘unbearable’ post-COVID symptoms, family says

[Robert59]

The family of Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor says he died by suicide while experiencing “unbearable” symptoms related to COVID-19, media outlets report.

Texas Roadhouse announced the death of Taylor, who founded the Kentucky-based restaurant chain in 1993, on Thursday.

Taylor’s family said he killed himself after experiencing ongoing symptoms, including “severe tinnitus” after he was infected with COVID-19, WLKY reported.

https://news.yahoo.com/texas-roadhouse-ceo-died-suicide-215500079.html

 

[SetWave]

Terrible terrible news.

 

[Aunt Marg]

With a new worth of approx. $600 Million, it just goes to show that money can't buy happiness.

 

[hawkdon]

Very sad....I can appreciate his suffering with tinnitus, I
have suffered with it for abou 30 yrs, sometimes very
severe....

 

[ProTruckDriver]

Very sad....I can appreciate his suffering with tinnitus, I
have suffered with it for abou 30 yrs, sometimes very
severe....

Yes very sad news. I also suffer with it for over 50 years in both ears. Hearing the tinnitus effects can get on my nerves sometimes.

 

[win231]

The most-frequent motivation for suicide is not money or lost love. It's illness.

 

[terry123]

A close friend of mine's son suffered with it for years. They tried everything, Finally at age 40 he drove himself into the woods where he hunted for years, killed himself. Left 2 young sons and a wife.

Its so hard to talk with my friend now as we always talked about our kids and their lives. She struggles with his death daily and I just let her talk as its the only thing I can do to help her.

 

[StarSong]

The most-frequent motivation for suicide is not money or lost love. It's illness.

I didn't know that, but upon reflection it sure makes sense. How very sad that this man was suffering so much. Sounds like he had a range of symptoms plaguing him.

 

[win231]

Yes very sad news. I also suffer with it for over 50 years in both ears. Hearing the tinnitus effects can get on my nerves sometimes.

Me, too - for 25 years. It's why I hate quiet environments. It makes falling asleep very challenging. I set the TV to be on for 30 minutes to drown out the noise. Sometimes I have to go through that procedure several times.