Julia Duffy's son commits suicide

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By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol | April 8, 2019 | 2:01 p.m.

Authorities on Monday released the name of the man who took his own life on Friday by jumping from the Cold Spring Bridge on Highway 154 in the Santa Ynez Valley.

The man was identified as Daniel Lacy, 29, of Los Angeles, according to Kelly Hoover, a Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.

At 5:15 p.m. on Friday, the California Highway Patrol received a report that a person had leaped off the bridge into the canyon below.

The highway was shut down in both directions near the bridge for about an hour afterwards while emergency personnel responded to the incident.

A vehicle presumably belonging to Lacy was found abandoned in the eastbound lane on the bridge.

Stagecoach Road, which winds down the canyon below the bridge, also was shut down.

The Cold Spring Bridge is one of the highest arch bridges in California, with its roadway deck some 400 feet above the canyon floor.

After dozens of suicides from the bridge since it first opened to traffic in 1963, Caltrans in 2012 completed barrier fencing on both sides of the span. Despite that, several people subsequently have jumped from the bridge.

August 19, 1989 - April 5, 2019 Danny (May) Lacy is survived by loving parents, Julia Duffy and Jerry Lacy and devoted sister Kerry Lacy. Danny was considered one of the funniest students of the Agoura High School class of 2007, and went on to make a career in comedy, acting, animation and writing.

Danny appeared in several TV movies and created, wrote and designed all the characters as well as voicing several of them in the animated series Crack-Duck, a Mondo Media show that aired on Adult Swim and still draws millions of viewers online. In addition to acting and voice-over work, Danny co-authored and illustrated the book At Least You're Not These Monsters, and was well known to improv audiences as a graduate of Second City, The Groundlings, and UCB improv programs. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation to NAMI.

Published in the Los Angeles Times from Apr. 10 to Apr. 11, 2019

[Willbo]

So sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

[CosmicCharlie]

WOW - So Sad

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Obituary:

August 19, 1989 - April 5, 2019 Danny (May) Lacy is survived by loving parents, Julia Duffy and Jerry Lacy and devoted sister Kerry Lacy. Danny was considered one of the funniest students of the Agoura High School class of 2007, and went on to make a career in comedy, acting, animation and writing. Danny appeared in several TV movies and created, wrote and designed all the characters as well as voicing several of them in the animated series Crack-Duck, a Mondo Media show that aired on Adult Swim and still draws millions of viewers online. In addition to acting and voice-over work, Danny co-authored and illustrated the book At Least You're Not These Monsters, and was well known to improv audiences as a graduate of Second City, The Groundlings, and UCB improv programs. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation to NAMI.