On April 23, 2007, it was announced that Buzz Lightyear was found in a Minnesota hotel room having convulsions, and died later that day. Now it appears that Buzz's Toy Story co-star Woody has kicked the bucket as well.
Woody was found in his Californian mansion on Thursday evening after his neighbours George Clooney and Kim Basinger (huh, from Baldwin to Clooney, who knew?) saw some disturbing images coming from a bedroom window. As it turned out, Woody had repeatedly tried to kill himself after the news of his gay lover's death. Admittedly, according to Woody's former lover Mr. Potato Head, Buzz and Woody had been going through some rough periods in their relationship. We sat down for an interview with Potato Head, and he gave us the following information:
After which, Potato Head was too choked up to go on.
With the Disney community still reeling over the death of Lightyear, it's hard to tell right now what kind of impact this will have.
Woody was 41.