Aussie news wasn't saying suicide, but possible accidental hanging.
We went through this a few years ago in Australia when Michael Hutchence (lead singer of INXS) died.
The theory is - possible auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong. So possibly they're thinking similar possibilities need to be at least considered in this case too.
We had another big news about a death today - a famous face form an Aussie TV show, a brain surgeon on a reality TV show over a number of years. He ironically got brain cancer himself and his treatment (controversial at times) was publicised. Our Prime Minister has offered a state funeral. From what we saw on TV, he was a lovely bloke. A lot of patients of his have shared about their memories of him. It is so ironic that many of them had been successfully treatede by him for the same type of cancer that killed him.
So for us, two famous deaths, both a shock (although Chris O'Brien's death was something we sadly knew was coming).
Marg