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Townshend says he was suicidal

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From Associated Press

Rock guitarist Pete Townshend considered suicide after his arrest on suspicion of possessing child pornography, a newspaper quoted him as saying.

“If I had had a gun, I would have shot myself,” The Who co-founder said in the Observer Sunday newspaper. “And if I had shot myself, it would have been ... awful because it would have confirmed what everybody thought.”

Townshend was cleared in May of possessing pornographic images of children. The 58-year-old musician acknowledged using his credit card to enter a website advertising child pornography but said he was doing research for his autobiography and for a campaign against child pornography.

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Townshend told the Observer he looked forward to touring again but added that “the whole thing has changed my standing in society substantially.”

From Associated Press

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