On June, 11, 2012, Manley decided he would take his own life on his 60th birthday and spent much of the following year explaining his motivation on a website that went live following his suicide.
By Ginger Adams Otis AND David Knowles / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, August 16, 2013, 6:10 PM
Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 1:45 AM
Early Thursday morning, on his 60th birthday, retired sports writer Martin Manley shot himself in his car.
It may be the most exhaustive suicide note in history.
Kansas City sports writer Martin Manley ended his life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Thursday morning, but thanks to a website that went live the same day, his motivations for doing so are sure to live on for years to come.
The site also sparked a massive treasure hunt with what appeared to be GPS coordinates leading to a hidden stash of precious coins — though it turned out to be Manley's last laugh.
Money-grubbing ghouls flocked to the Overland Park Arboretum in Kansas and dug in a frenzy for $200,000 in gold and silver coins before it was revealed to be all for naught, said KSHB-TV in Kansas City.
“The alleged buried treasure is a hoax. Please be mindful of this and that the Overland Park Arboretum does not allow digging,” park officials said in a statement.
Relatives confirmed that Manley had disposed of his coin collection.
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Manley, twice married and divorced, shot himself on his 60th birthday, wanting to end life on his own terms.
“The reason for my departure is 100% within my ability to control,” Manley wrote in the final post to his blog, Sports in Review.
“You see, earlier today, I committed suicide. I created a web-site to
deal with the many questions a person would rightfully have.”
A former columnist for the Kansas City Star, Manley had penned several books on sports statistics, and created the NBA’s Efficiency Index, a measure that is still in use. That same attention to detail found its way onto MartinManleyLifeandDeath.com, the website that the author began compiling after deciding on June 11, 2012 that he would end his life on his 60th birthday.
“After you die, you can be remembered by a few-line obituary for one day in a newspaper when you're too old to matter to anyone anyway ... OR you can be remembered for years by a site such as this,” Manley wrote on the website, which he said would remain on the Internet for at least 5 years. “That was my choice and I chose the obvious.”
Kansas City sports writer Martin Manley ended his life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Thursday morning, but thanks to a website that went live the same day, his motivations for doing so are sure to live on for years to come.
The site also sparked a massive treasure hunt with what appeared to be GPS coordinates leading to a hidden stash of precious coins — though it turned out to be Manley's last laugh.
Money-grubbing ghouls flocked to the Overland Park Arboretum in Kansas and dug in a frenzy for $200,000 in gold and silver coins before it was revealed to be all for naught, said KSHB-TV in Kansas City.
“The alleged buried treasure is a hoax. Please be mindful of this and that the Overland Park Arboretum does not allow digging,” park officials said in a statement.
Relatives confirmed that Manley had disposed of his coin collection.
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Manley, twice married and divorced, shot himself on his 60th birthday, wanting to end life on his own terms.
A former columnist for the Kansas City Star, Manley had penned several books on sports statistics, and created the NBA’s Efficiency Index, a measure that is still in use. That same attention to detail found its way onto MartinManleyLifeandDeath.com, the website that the author began compiling after deciding on June 11, 2012 that he would end his life on his 60th birthday.
“After you die, you can be remembered by a few-line obituary for one day in a newspaper when you're too old to matter to anyone anyway ... OR you can be remembered for years by a site such as this,” Manley wrote on the website, which he said would remain on the Internet for at least 5 years. “That was my choice and I chose the obvious.”
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