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Paul Zolezzi Dead: Left Suicide Note on Facebook (Paul Zolezzi Photo)

Posted on February 20, 2009

An aspiring model tormented by heroin addiction hanged himself in a Brooklyn playground early Friday after foretelling his suicide on Facebook.

A jogger discovered the body of Paul Zolezzi, 30, dangling from the monkey bars in Mount Prospect Park playground near the Brooklyn Museum about 7a.m., police said.

Hours earlier, Zolezzi had updated his Facebook page with an apparent suicide note, saying he was “born in San Francisco, became a shooting star over everywhere, and ended his life in Brooklyn. … And couldn’t have asked for more.”

Zolezzi’s mother, Stephanie Zolezzi, told the Daily News her son had been in a downward spiral since a broken engagement two years ago.

The Facebook profile photo of Paul Zolezzi. He posted a status update on the site letting friends know he was committing suicide.

The Facebook profile photo of Paul Zolezzi. He posted a status update on the site letting friends know he was committing suicide.

“I would say that people get so lonely, so delusional, that all they want to do is be remembered,” she said from her home near San Francisco.

“He probably wanted to be remembered in a big way, to do it dramatically. That’s what drugs will do to people.”

She said her son – who had tried acting and modeling with little success – was busted in San Francisco last fall for buying heroin and skipped town.

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