RIP Peter Roebuck

[Sachin=GOD]

Really sad. RIP

[MCcricket]

He seemed to me a rational and non biased voice, also willing to stand up for the right, regardless of being politically correct, had a good insight for the game.

[lonestarranger]

Still remember reading his columns from 'The Hindu' back in the day. Needless to say, that was the only section I was interested in.

[vvvslaxman]

He wrote so many widely-talked about articles in the lats 10 years. Some made sense some didn't. But he was one of the top 5 well known cricket journalist in the world. So it is a shock considering it is suicide.

[Talwar]

Sad news.:omg:

[Sidhoni]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/540275.html Committed suicide

[BeautifulGame]

RIP :(( Just read his article about Aus collapse yesterday just before i went to sleep.And today to wake up and read he has commited suicide :((

[kabira]

RIP. Loved his columns

[maverick.rules]

RIP Peter Roebuck. You insightful analysis made reading about cricket as interesting as watching it.

[Desi Cartman]

Another victim of depression I assume Sent from iPhone using Tapatalk

[Vijay.Sharma]

He was my fave columnist on cricinfo and definitely one of the all time best cricket writers. I'd look forward to reading his articles and his articles were another reason to look forward to the Aussie tour. Sad!

[Sachinism]

Another victim of depression I assume Sent from iPhone using Tapatalk

Has a murky past, got done for child abuse. I think he was approached by SA police earlier in the day, so don't know what exactly is going on

[suraj]

Has a murky past, got done for child abuse. I think he was approached by SA police earlier in the day, so don't know what exactly is going on

Murky past... Child abuse... for caning 4 young men- if that is murky, child abuse & reason for suicide half the Indian population would commit suicide!! It used to be the most acceptable form of punishment in schools specially Catholic schools!!

[Karan114]

Roebuck plunges to death from hotel window after police questioning Andrew Stevenson, Chris Barrett November 14, 2011 PETER ROEBUCK, regarded by many as the finest cricket writer of his generation, fell to his death from a hotel window in Cape Town on Saturday night after being questioned by police about an alleged sexual assault. Roebuck, who had written on cricket for the Herald since 1984, had been covering the Australian tour of South Africa for the paper. He was also commentating on the tour for ABC radio. A Cape Town detective and a uniformed police officer from the sexual crimes unit began speaking with Roebuck, 55, in his room at the Southern Sun Hotel, Newlands, about 9pm. Roebuck, who was agitated, asked a fellow cricket journalist for help. ''Can you come down to my room quickly? I've got a problem,'' he said. He asked for help to find a lawyer and for contact to be made with the students he helped to house in Pietermaritzburg, near Durban. Minutes later Roebuck fell to his death from a window. It is believed only the uniformed officer was in the room. Paramedics rushed to the hotel but Roebuck was pronounced dead. Police established a crime scene and took personal items from the room, including a laptop. Captain Frederick van Wyk of Cape Town police said an inquest into the death had been launched. ''An incident occurred last night at about 9.15pm at a hotel in Claremont where a 55-year-old British citizen, who worked as an Australian commentator, committed suicide,'' he said. Roebuck turned to writing after a long first-class career in which he captained Somerset in the 1980s. He had a house in South Africa and one in Bondi. In 2001 Roebuck received a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to common assault for punishing with a cane or bat three young South African cricketers he had been coaching. ''Obviously I misjudged the mood and that was my mistake and my responsibility and I accept that,'' he said. A distraught Jim Maxwell, the veteran ABC cricket caller, said his friendship with Roebuck had been one of his most important relationships. ''I admired him for his humanity, his caring and his striving for justice,'' Maxwell said. Thousands posted their comments online. BBC cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew tweeted: ''Loved working with him. Incisive. Erudite. Funny.'' The Indian broadcaster Harsha Bhogle posted: ''Peter Roebuck was meant to write about cricket in the manner Sachin Tendulkar was born to play it.'' Steve Waugh was one of several Australian Test captains to acknowledge Roebuck's contribution, calling him the game's ''premier journalist''. In Roebuck's autobiography, Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh, he quotes his father as saying: ''In orthodox spheres Peter might be regarded as odd, whereas he is merely obscure and oblique. He is an unconventional loner, with an independent outlook on life, an irreverent sense of humour and sometimes a withering tongue.'' http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/roebuck-plunges-to-death-from-hotel-window-after-police-questioning-20111113-1ndvq.html

[ganeshran]

very unfortunate to see him pass away in such circumstances

[Late Cut]

Sexual assault... RIP indeed; let's see what kind of skeletons crawl out of closet. sounds similar to the Penn State stuff going on.

[Sachinism]

Murky past... Child abuse... for caning 4 young men- if that is murky, child abuse & reason for suicide half the Indian population would commit suicide!! It used to be the most acceptable form of punishment in schools specially Catholic schools!!

He caned them and then asked to see their bare bottoms. Which they did. He was questioned again hours before he jumped off the balcony by sexual crimes police. So obviously something was up

[achilles]

Shocking and sad. It is not anyone's job to judge his personal life so I'd like if the journalists show the dead man some decency. RIP.

[Late Cut]

Shocking and sad. It is not anyone's job to judge his personal life so I'd like if the journalists show the dead man some decency. RIP.

Sexual assault isnt "personal life." it,s called rape; a heinous crime, and worse if it is with minors. Bet you pray for Osama's soul daily too.:winky:

[ganeshran]

Sexual assault isnt "personal life." it' date='s called rape; a heinous crime, and worse if it is with minors. Bet you pray for Osama's soul daily too.:winky:[/quote'] +1 Reporting a crime is no offence to anyone's dignity. Though needless speculation should be avoided, its important that the entire facts surrounding his death come to fore.