Hot Richard Engel Announces Death of 'Beloved' 6-Year-Old Son Henry

That really sucks. I don't have kids, but I gotta think that REALLY sucks.

Mercy. May his memory be a blessing.

[quote] 'Beloved'

It's rude to use inverted commas.

Heartbreaking.

Sad that God took the beloved son and not the unloved other one.

Richard Engle is not hot, but this situation is awful all the way around.

Poor little guy.

Very sad. I know he brought his parents a lot of love, but so much suffering now. It is heartbreaking.

Terrible.

And they have another son, who is 3. He will bear the burden of the loss of a brother he won't even remember.

Why did you irony quote beloved, you fucktard?

An irony quote uses double quotation marks, R10.

In American English quotation marks (double) are used for any direct speech quotation.

Yes, but single quotation marks are usually preferred in headlines.

Ah ok. I would have left off Beloved entirely because it is a given, rather stupid to mention, and one can read the direct quote in the article easily enough. Does he have a NON-BELOVED son who is in good health?

That's how the article has it, r10. Click and look for yourself. It's a direct quote, not irony quotes.

I'm sad for his loss. But I'm also sad that I live in a time when people lose very closed and very loved family members they're able to put aside their grief long enough run to the computer to post about it online. The priorities these days are just unbelievable.

I mean I'm guessing it's easier to just announce it online rather than have to notify people one by one. You can post it then turn your phone off rather than deal with texts and calls asking if it's true. Plus you don't have to deal with people being upset they didn't find out until two days later.

Richard Engel just bigtimed Henry with those quote marks!

Ya burnt!

Beyond sad, and The Today Show will definitely exploit this poor kid’s death just to pull at the heartstrings of their Karen viewership and give Hoda and Savannah yet another reason to cry on air and be “relatable.” Those two hens will try to out-emotion each other on air leaving zero oxygen for anyone else.

[quote] I mean I'm guessing it's easier to just announce it online rather than have to notify people one by one.

Where I come from that's the job of the funeral director. The funeral home places all the announcements in the pertinent places. People close to the family find out relatively fast through word of mouth from various extended family members. This vulgar habit of immediate family members running to the internet to talk about their grief in losing their loved one started off as a celebrity thing. Even in grief they feel the need to garner as much publicity as possible., and sympathy is some of the best PR a celebrity can get. But now it's even the hoi polloi who do it.

Rett syndrome, the genetic condition he suffered from, affects girls almost exclusively. Boys who have it usually die in infancy.

About death announcements, in this case the family waited more than a week to say anything. Other people already knew but kept it quiet.

This was handled well; the kid was the public face of his rare condition and the announcement linked to a research fundraising page. But as others have said, it'll be a shame when "Today" exploits the family's suffering.

Are Hoda & Savannah licensed Grief Counselors or are they going to wing it for ratings?

If only they still had Kathie Lee and she could have done all her holy rolling voodoo magic casket dancing

What a clever way to go about things.

That cunt Savannah hates the dad so she’s not going to excel at this assignment. Cold bitch. Hoda and he are close so I’m sure her grief will be genuine.

Maybe they’ll bring in Kelly & Ryan in mock lab coats to do a sensitive yet very confusing and awkward session

Kathie Lee would end up talking all about Frank dying at 106 and the endless heartbreak she has endured. The Engels would be left gobsmacked 😶

I asked Henry what was wrong with him, and he farted in my face!

So is the other 8 year old son going to get piped up and start filming his three way fuck sessions with Asian whores?

Just asking

Lester Holt ended last night's Evening News with it:

[quote]Hot Richard Engel Announces Death of 'Deloved' 6-Year-Old Half-Son Henery

Poor little guy. We have a family member who has a child with a rare genetic disease similar to this one. From what I’ve seen, it’s really hard on the siblings. The whole family revolves around the disabled child. There’s no fault, that’s just how it is. It’s very sad.

Well the father was pretty absentee most of the kid's life, always reporting from some war torn shit hole.