He was in a wheelchair because his brain was deprived of oxygen for over 20 minutes when he attempted to kill himself. His mother was putting clothes on the line when he did it, his younger sister found him after she heard noises from his bedroom. He was actually dead at that time and the paramedics managed to resuscitate him. He was in a coma for more than 6 months and believed to be completely brain dead. When he woke up he couldn't move, speak and could only communicate with eye movements. Eventually he was able to move his fingers and hands slightly. On Valentine's Day, 2012, just before he was to have an operation on the muscles in his arms (to allow him to put them down and eventually move them) his windpipe collapsed and he passed away.