He's All That

"I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace. No one had anything to do with this. My decision totally." The last words of comedian Freddie Prinze. Prinze was born on June 22nd 1954 and he killed himself on January 29th 1977.

He was born in St. Claire's Hospital and was raised in Washington Heights, which is in New York City. His mother was Puerto Rican and his father was a German immigrant from post-Nazi Germany. Before he became famous he took martial arts lessons from a man named Robert Wall, who was a student of the most famous martial arts artist of all time, Bruce Lee. Wall appeared in the movies Enter the Dragon and Return of the Dragon. Chico and the Man was on the air from 1974 to 1977. Prinze played the character of Francisco "Chico" Rodriguez. The show appeared on NBC and was an instant hit. Freddie Prinze is defiantly remembered for his role on Chico and the Man, but he is best remembered for his son, Freddie Prinze Jr. Robert Wall is actually the godfather of Freddie Prinze Jr.

Prinze killed himself by shooting himself in the head. The reason for his suicide is officially unknown. But he is on record for having told friends that he was very unhappy with his life. Prinze had a long time drug problem, and after his arrest for driving under the influence in 1976, his wife filed for divorce. She believed that Prinze was a threat to her, and to their son. In the early hours of January 28th 1977 he received a restraining order from his wife. He spent the last hours of his life calling his loved ones and saying goodbye. One of the people he called was his business manager, Mr. Marvin "Dusty" Snyder. Snyder was alarmed by the phone call that he received so he went over to Prinze's room in the Beverly Comstock Hotel. When Snyder arrived Prinze continued the phone calls and Snyder was very worried so he went in the next room to call Prinze's psychiatrist. The psychiatrist assured Snyder that Prinze was in no danger. Supposedly when Snyder walked back into the room where Prinze was, he was on the phone with his ex-wife saying goodbye. After he hung up the phone, he pulled a gun out of the couch and shot himself in the head. Snyder tried to stop him, but it was too late. He was transported to UCLA Medical Center where he was put on life support. His family made the decision of taking him off of life support at 1:00 pm on January 29th at the very young age of 22.

His last words were spoken to his ex-wife on the telephone (the ex-wife that got the restraining order against him). She was the last goodbye phone call he made. Freddie Prinze Jr. was only 10 months old when his father committed suicide. His father has no idea that his son followed in his footsteps to become an actor. Prinze Jr. is very famous for his roles in teen movies, such as She's All That.