Lee Thompson Young's Death
Born (Birthday) February 1, 1984
Death Date August 19, 2013
Age of Death 29 years
Cause of Death Bipolar disorder
Place of Death Los Angeles, California, United States
Place of Burial Lakeview Memory Gardens, South Carolina, United States
Profession Actor
The actor Lee Thompson Young died at the age of 29. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Lee Thompson Young Net Worth: Lee Thomson Young was an American actor who had a net worth of $250 thousand. Lee Thompson Young (February 1, 1984 – August 19, 2013) was born in Columbia, South Carolina. Blessed with acting talent, Lee Thompson Young was just ten years old when he portrayed Martin Luther King in a play called A Night of Stars and Dreams by Dwight Woods, and that was the moment when Lee realized he wanted to become an actor.
How did Lee Thompson Young die?
Police confirmed the cause of death as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Young had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, for which he had been taking medication, and had been suffering from depression before his death.
Quotes
""College and the responsibilities that came with it helped me transition from teenager to adulthood."
Lee Thompson Young
""It's always a really great feeling when I talk to people who watched 'Jett Jackson' because we were the same age. We were all kids. I was 13 when I started working on that show, and that was part of my childhood."
""Photography is a hobby born out of my time in undergrad at USC. It is more of a pleasurable hobby, a stress reliever. I don't consider it a professional endeavor like acting or directing."