SPEAK OUT | One family’s plea in the face of suicide

Updated April 24 2016 - 11:52am, first published 11:00am
Tragedy: The death of accomplished Victorian footballer Seamus Blake has devastated family and friends. His family's message is simple: speak out and live.
Tragedy: The death of accomplished Victorian footballer Seamus Blake has devastated family and friends. His family's message is simple: speak out and live.

Warrnambool’s Blake family was rocked to its core when their son and brother Seamus took his own life just weeks after he turned 20.

The promising footballer left behind an entire world of family and friends who never knew the demons he was battling inside his head, the demons he urged his mates to look out for in a goodbye letter.

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