Surviving Suicide
Columnist Connie Schultz remembers her brother Chuckie, who died two years ago
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![Chuckie Schultz, 14, laughs with his sister, Connie, 20, in 1977.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/24/USAT/e0994e3f-fbe5-42be-901d-c211ace7353d-chuckie_connie_schultz.jpg?width=541&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chuckie Schultz, 14, laughs with his sister, Connie, 20, in 1977.
Schultz Family![Chuckie Schultz and his dog Sheba, in 1976.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/24/USAT/6b217259-96ee-47c5-958d-8139e5668006-chuckie_sheba.jpg?width=495&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chuckie Schultz and his dog Sheba, in 1976.
Schultz Family![Chuckie Schultz, in 1987, with his siblings Toni, Leslie and Connie.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/24/USAT/beb0e5dd-63b1-42aa-9f4a-50430cc9602e-schultz_siblings.jpg?width=660&height=495&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chuckie Schultz, in 1987, with his siblings Toni, Leslie and Connie.
Schultz Family![Chuckie Schultz, brother of USA TODAY columnist Connie Schultz, died two years ago.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/24/USAT/9bc0aaca-b4bb-494e-8f61-1371d7f6ebaf-chuckie_schultz.jpg?width=527&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chuckie Schultz, brother of USA TODAY columnist Connie Schultz, died two years ago.
Schultz Family![Chuckie Schultz would often send his sister, USA TODAY Columnist Connie Schultz, pictures of the sun setting over his back yard and Lake Erie.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/24/USAT/99a02988-d78b-4e3d-9441-fbc6b8d5bb30-chuckie_schultz_sunset.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chuckie Schultz would often send his sister, USA TODAY Columnist Connie Schultz, pictures of the sun setting over his back yard and Lake Erie.
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