Editing Ray Combs (section)

==Death==
On June 1, 1996, police were called to Combs' home at 1318 Sonora Avenue in [[Glendale, California]], over reports of a disturbance. Combs had reportedly destroyed most of the inside of his house, and had also been [[self-harm|banging his head]] against the walls, though Combs later told the police that he fell in the [[jacuzzi]].  Shortly after police arrived, Combs' estranged wife Debbie arrived and informed them that Combs was suicidal and had spent the previous week in the hospital for a [[suicide attempt]]. He was taken by police to [[Glendale Adventist Medical Center]], where he was assessed by a medical doctor and placed on a 72-hour psychiatric observation hold.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/POLICE+TO+PROBE+SUICIDE+OF+TALK+SHOW+HOST+WHO+HANGED+SELF+IN+HOSPITAL-a083937544|title=Police To Probe Suicide Of Talk Show Host Who Hanged Self In Hospital|last=Condon|first=Lee|date=June 4, 1996|work=Daily News|location=Los Angeles|access-date=May 17, 2010|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193440/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/POLICE+TO+PROBE+SUICIDE+OF+TALK+SHOW+HOST+WHO+HANGED+SELF+IN+HOSPITAL-a083937544|url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 2, 1996, at around 4:10 a.m., hospital personnel discovered Combs [[Suicide by hanging|hanging]] by his bed sheets in the closet of his room. He was taken to the emergency room, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival, aged 40. His death was ruled a suicide.<ref name="people" />

On June 7, 1996, Combs' funeral was held at [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Glendale. His remains were flown back to his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, where he was interred at the [[Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio)|Greenwood Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ttRQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4919,5008081&dq=ray+combs+funeral&hl=en| title=Crowd attends funeral for former TV game show host| date=June 8, 1996| work=[[Portsmouth Daily Times]]| page=A3| access-date=January 14, 2013}}</ref>