A SONG OF SUICIDE   In 1935 Lazzlo Javor, a Hungarian poet wrote a song called “Gloomy Sunday”. This was later put to music by Rezsoe Seres and the record became a hit. Lazzlo Javor’s former girlfriend, for whom the song had been written, committed suicide shortly after the record’s release. Her suicide note said ‘Gloomy Sunday’. A short while later a Hungarian government official shot himself. He was found slumped over a copy of the lyrics of Gloomy Sunday. Next, a girl tried to poison herself. When she was found, Gloomy Sunday was still playing on the gramophone in the room. In a The Hungarian government banned all public performances of the song, for the situation was fast getting out of hand. In In all, there were some 200 suicides around the world that were said to be connected with Gloomy Sunday. In 1968 a Hungarian jumped to his death from the eighth floor of a building. It was Rezsoe Seres, who had never been able to write another hit after ‘Gloomy Sunday’ |  |
