Bullied gay teen Jadin Bell dies at OHSU
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A hospital official says an Eastern Oregon teenager who tried to commit suicide at a school playground has died.
The spokesman with the Oregon Health and Science University says 15-year-old Jadin Bell died at the Portland hospital early Sunday afternoon.
The teen attempted to hang himself Jan. 19 at an elementary school playground in La Grande, about 250 miles east of Portland.
A family friend, Bud Hill, told The Oregonian newspaper earlier this week that the boy's family has always been very supportive of the boy's sexual orientation, but some classmates called him names, and he had complained about bullying to a school counselor.
Bell was a high school sophomore at La Grande High School.
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that is a shame....if he told people at school, did they not do there job??? It really is a sad sick world we live in....my heart goes out to his family!!! xoxoxoxoxox
This is  to bad about this young man. How come he didn't get real help with his confusion.