Artie Lange. There’s one word for the Howard Stern legend that is Artie Lange: funny. And funny he was as a guest of the NFL at last week’s NFL Draft. His appearance meant that Lange was back in full, and in full force.
If you remember, it was Lange who, on January 8th 2010 in Hoboken, NY, tried to commit suicide, and perhaps due to heroin use at the time, and depression. This is what I blogged then:
An Artie Lange update. The Hoboken Police confirmed and the Associated Press reported that Howard Stern Show sidekick Artie Lange tried to commit suicide using a 13-inch Wolfgang Puck kitchen knife. Artie Lange was found by his mother unconscious but breathing last Saturday. Lange stabbed himself 9 times, six of them described as hesitation wounds and the final three complete stabs.
What is so troubling about the news of Artie Lange’s suicide attempt is that he told the New York Post he had so much to live for and made statements that generally signaled he was on the upswing in life in an interview posted October 30, 2009. (The statements were broken up into paragraphs to make it easier to read that what appears in the NY Post, but this is not the entire interview, just portions for this post.)
But all that, including Howard Stern’s shocked reaction, is in the past. Artie’s on the comeback trail and I, for one, want him to stay there.
Stay tuned.