After 17 Years A Dead Man Comes Back Gay (VIDEO)

Closet gay man preferred to "die" instead of admitting to his family and friends that he was gay (VIDEO)





"'My motivation for disappearing was death. I was dying inside,' he wrote in a blog. 'I was mentally ill, incapacitated by 34 years of careful hiding."

Eric grew up in privilege. He was the middle son of wealthy and influential Phoenix developer Don Myers.

His family counted some of the Valley's most powerful figures among their friends. He had every advantage: money, connections, opportunity.

But Eric had a secret. He was homosexual."*