@hybotics I always expected Scotty to have some problems in life because he was staggeringly intelligent but not-quite right in all other areas. Used to get bullied a lot. One of the reasons I befriended him. If me and the others hung out with him, no-one would dare give him problems.
He just vanished after we grew up. Common question: "Has anyone heard anything about Scotty?"
Apparently, he got into serious trouble with alcoholism and had chronic pain from an injury. Went out in the woods, picked a tree and hung himself from it. Someone discovered him a day or two later.
Angry, If I had any idea he was in that shape..