update on Hannah Stone's suicide, not what I ever imagined

Hannah Stone suicide: Parents say YouTube rival's success devastated CNY singer
By Geoff Herbert


The parents of popular Central New York singer Hannah Stone say a rivalry with another teen YouTube star may have contributed to her suicide.

Stone, a 16-year-old vlogger and musician who lived in Whitesboro, N.Y., took her own life on Nov. 1 after taking a month-long break from social media. "I'll never be able to describe how sorry I am," she wrote in one of her final tweets.

Her parents, Leonard and Angela Stone, now say the haunting message was posted when "Cash Me Outside" girl Danielle Bregoli signed a multi-million dollar deal with Atlantic Records in September. Bregoli, now known as hit rapper Bhad Bhabie, is managed by Adam Kluger, who was previously advising Stone about her own music career.

"The Bregoli deal broke Hannah's heart, she was devastated, it was at that moment she realized that her own dream might not come true," Leonard told the Daily Mail in a new interview. "I have absolutely no doubt in my mind what was her tipping point."

Stone never met Bregoli and didn't know her personally. Their styles of music were very different.

But they had a mutual adviser in Kluger, were both teens sharing music on social media, and both wanted to be famous outside of YouTube and other sites. Only one succeeded.

"'I'm trying to handle everything," she texted a friend before her death, according to the Daily Mail. "I just don't know how much more of my future i'm willing to throw away if i'm not gonna be able to make a career out of this, it breaks my heart every time i think about it... I hope i can figure something out i just don't know how much more (of) this is to figure out."

Mrs Fry said: “Jenny left letters for us where she said she couldn’t cope with her allergies from WiFi anymore.”

“She left them for us in case things went too far but I don’t believe she wanted to die.”