West, 29, died by suicide, said the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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West fought a hard battle against the mental illness, his schizophrenia conceiving auditory hallucinations, hearing voices within his mind that appeared real.
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West’s sister says her only current peace is in knowing his hallucinations have been silenced but grieves the loss of her brother and the pain he endured through his illness. Continuing, she says West was more than her brother, but her greatest source of love; his illness her biggest source of sadness.
“Schizophrenia is the cruelest disease,” she said. “For years it tried to destroy my brother, yet his kind, loving, and sweet heart never faltered…he loved loudly, and suffered silently…how brilliantly he fought, and how beautifully he showed himself to the world.”
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