Some of his slogans were taken up after he committed suicide in 1994 by a few far-right French writers and British singers who briefly posed as situationists.

ECONOMIST: May 1968

The problem was worst in the central Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where some farmers who took large loans to buy new Bt Cotton seeds committed suicide when their yields were so poor that they couldn't repay their debts.

FORBES: Rice War

For years, those of us in the realms of social justice, biology, ecosystem integrity, the crises of extinctions and the ever-challenging questions of custodial jurisdiction over the endemic and native seeds that make or break small farmers, particularly in economically stressed nations, has posed unique legal, biocultural and intellectual hurdles, some battered by allegations that many farmers, desperate to hold on, have committed suicide.

FORBES: A Call to Agricultural Action

Some two months ago, a 27-year old computer hacker named Aaron Swartz committed suicide rather than face a federal indictment that he thought might send him to jail for a lot of years.

FORBES: Aaron Swartz' Suicide Forces Hard Questions About The Criminal Justice System

In December 2011, after the remains of President Allende were exhumed, it was confirmed that he committed suicide, and was not killed by soldiers who stormed the presidential palace during the coup, as some had argued.

BBC: Chile judge orders exhumation of Pablo Neruda's remains