55 y/o Tenor attempts suicide

Don't play with guns folks

Celebrated tenor Jerry Hadley remained hospitalized Thursday for a gunshot wound police said was self-inflicted. Hadley created the title role in composer John Harbison's "The Great Gatsby" at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the lead in Paul McCartney's "Liverpool Oratorio." Leonard Bernstein chose him to sing the main part in a 1989 production of Bernstein's musical "Candide."

On Tuesday just after 7 a.m., the 55-year-old singer shot himself with an air rifle at his Clinton Corners home. Generally shooting one's self with an air gun is considered a "Cry For Help" but we're watching him closely. Our prayers go out.