Gerald Muswagon, 42, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Too Cold, Canada commited suicide by hanging after running through about $10 million ($8.8 mil American) in only seven years. No he wasn't black and he didn't spend it on rims and newports!

How did he manage to spend all of this money? Well let's start with the 8 Big Screen TV's he purchased one day for some of his closest friends (who apparently couldn't/wouldn't talk him out of his suicide....great friends they are!). Of course, he also purchased several cars and bought a "party pad" with the explicit purpose of consuming drugs and alcohol in ridiculous amounts (allegedly).

"He didn't have the right people around him at the time, people who could have guided him," recalled his cousin. "A lot of people asked a lot of him." To which I respond...."YOU THINK???"

The lottery win was once thought to "turn his life around" after a past filled with various and sundry crimnal charges ranging from assault causing bodily harm to breaking and entering. However old habits are hard to break and well, $10 apparently is not enough incentive to change ones lifestyle.

Gerold leaves behind a large family who are probably most angry that their rich cousin/uncle/whatever didn't leave them a bunch of money in his will.

Original article found here....http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=38fb99cb-ba00-48e5-a2f4-cdb7cf94ef27