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There's an urban legend around the Philly area that the designer of I-76 ended up killing himself because of all the stress associated with doing a horrible job, and everyone's general anger. Are there any facts anywhere to verify this?

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Which one? Michael Rapuano or Bill Allen? – Larian LeQuella♦ Nov 13 '11 at 22:45
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There's some form of an obituary for Michael Rapuano behind a paywall here. – Oddthinking Nov 14 '11 at 1:12
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I am tempted to vote to close because the question is more about the reason for committing suicide than if there was suicide. I Do not think this is a constructive question. – Chad Nov 14 '11 at 1:56
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@Chad: What can you possibly take away from the knowledge of how many muscles are used to frown? – Flimzy Nov 14 '11 at 15:11
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I don't think the idea that he killed himself because of X is falsifiable so not really a suitable. Would you consider modifying the question to ask if A) it's true he committed suicide and B) it has been reliably reported that X was one of the reasons why he killed himself? – Lisa Nov 15 '11 at 3:20
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closed as not constructive by Chad, user unknown, Rory Alsop, DVK, Borror0 Nov 17 '11 at 1:38

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