September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, as designated by the World Health Organization.
Each year hundreds of thousands of people take their own lives, leaving behind family and friends who may feel the impact for the rest of their lives.
It was in the summer of 1963 that young actress Mariette Harley lost her father to suicide, a tragedy that has colored her life ever since.
But even she wasn’t fully aware of just how deeply it had affected her until the 1980s. And it inspired her to write a book that became a bestseller, called Breaking The Silence.
I met her in the fall of 1991 to talk about her book.
So here now, from 1991, Mariette Harley.
Mariette Harley.is now 84. She is currently spokesperson for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which she founded.