Comments on: William Shatner’s late wife’s family says he cared more about his hair than her life

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:44:36 +0000

The ex brother in law is just trying to get money by doing this publicity stunt. Why wait 10 years? It’s all alleged and just rumour and opinion. And it’s cruel to say things like what this money hungry ex brother and law is apparently saying. Losing a loved one is not a wonderful experience.

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By: Ling

Ling — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:16:40 +0000

CeeJay: Perhaps you need another refresher course. The ratio of compressions to breaths has gone up (15:2 to 30:2), but breaths are still necessary. The whole point of CPR is to circulate oxygenated blood to the brain, and without the breaths the blood is unoxygenated and therefore useless, leaving the brain to sputter and die.

I feel like, had the AA counsellor been absolutely critically serious, Shatner wouldn’t have left her alone, or at the very least he would have hired a professional lush-sitter when necessary (and signed on for some arbitrary commercial to pay for it). But, who am I to say, i’m just a nobody.

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By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:53:04 +0000

William Shatner did exactly what should be done in an emergency situation. You call for help first, then get the person out of the deep end, into the shallow end and start resuscitation. Once you start resuscitation, you are not suppose to stop until paramedics take over. Where he is located, his neighbors probably would not hear him scream for help, so if he didn’t call for help first, then help would have never came.

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By: Cindy Kennedy

Cindy Kennedy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:52:27 +0000

I agree. Shatner was not obligated to hire a babysitter to look after his wife 24/7. She was a grown woman. And it wasn’t his fault she was an alcoholic.

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By: G.

G. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:22:29 +0000

I feel bad for the poor guy, not only is his wife dead, his bil is blaming him for it. Where was he when she was drinking herself to death. Not there, apparently. I know the brother’s upset, but he shouldn’t be blaming William for it.

Also, people should learn CPR. I’ve been able to do it since I was 10. It’s not rocket science.

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By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:08:33 +0000

He called a boy I knew who was dying of cancer and was a fan. They chatted on the phone for ages. He does TONS of charitable work, most of which is not reported (at his request). That 911 call was heartbreaking. I just remember his panicked voice and him sobbing “my poor wife, my poor wife.” Lay off.

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By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:53:06 +0000

You learn in ALANON that you do not let the alcoholic run your life.
You cannot babysit them to make sure they do not drink. You do not keeo yourself locked up with them because they may take a drink while you are gone. If they are a hopeless alcoholic like she apparently was then you get out of the marriage as Shatner should have done and didn’t. His BIL is busy making money on his dead sister.
We have no idea why he did not jump in the pool and not try to pull her out, he may have just panicked and ran for the phone but he did get her out of the pool. Either way she was already dead and had been dead for a while.
If there was something mysterious about her death old Shatner would have been grilled about it.
Anyway he left her with someone and she was not alone.

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By: KitKat

KitKat — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:25:35 +0000

Uh, has anyone read this story on the web? It seems he did pull her out of the pool. From the BBC:

The actor recovered her body from the water, but his attempts to resuscitate the 40-year-old failed.

Not only that, she had a 0.28 blood alcohol level AND Valium in her system, as well as a broken neck.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/473688.stm

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By: er

er — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:50:21 +0000

Anybody ever heard of 1. dialing 911 and getting that going, and then proceeding to 2. drop the phone and immediately trying to get the woman out of the pool? These two actions do not have to be mutually exclusive. Again, just picture a 2 year old at the bottom of the pool. Would anybody just stand there on the phone and watch and wait until rescue came no matter how futile it might seem to pull them out? That is a loooong friggin’ wait.

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By: Jaundice Machine

Jaundice Machine — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:10:11 +0000

It sounds as though the brother is still feeling raw over his sister’s suicide, and is lashing out in anger (and denial) at the person who was closest to her. It makes sense if one follows the logic of the bereaved - his sister was mentally ill, and she slipped through the fingers of the man who promised himself to her “for better or for worse”.

But it is irrational to place the onus of Nerene’s death on anyone but Nerene. She was the one who drank herself into oblivion - no one handed her a bottle, or forced the drink down her throat. She was the one who decided life wasn’t worth living, and no amount of CPR could bring her back.

I can empathize with Nerene’s brother - suicide is an ugly and emotional thing to deal with. They say that unlike murder, suicide doesn’t only claim the life of the victim, it kills the entire family. Your life becomes consumed by haunting hypotheticals, like, “what did I do wrong?”, or, “If I had only been there…” Still, I hope her brother will come to terms with his sister’s death - publicaly blaming Shatner for something beyond anyone’s control won’t serve to soothe anyone’s conscience in the long run.

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