Nicholas O'Neill (marubuci)

**Nicholas Philip O'Neill** (Janairu 28, 1985 - Fabrairu 20, 2003) shi ne mafi ƙanƙanta daga cikin mutane 100 da gobarar gidan rawa ta The Station ta shafa, wadda ta faru a West Warwick, Rhode Island .  Ya cika shekaru 18 a watan Janairu na wannan shekarar. Rayuwarsa da aikinsa a matsayin marubuci, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da mawaƙi an tuna da su ta hanyar shirin gaskiya na *41* da kuma a cikin littafin *41 Alamun Hope* .  *41* ya dogara ne akan rubutun da ke cewa Nicholas ya hango mutuwarsa ta wata hanya, kamar yadda aka nuna ta hanyar rubuce-rubucensa daban-daban da aka rubuta. Fim ɗin (gami da ƙarin kayan da aka nuna a cikin DVD) ya haɗa da tambayoyi da, da sauransu, Land, mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo Dave Kane (mahaifin Nicholas), marubuciya Ann Hood, mai matsakaiciyar magana Robert Brown, da kuma mai bincike a bayan rayuwar Jami'ar Arizona Gary Schwartz .  O'Neill shi ma ya rubuta wani wasan kwaikwayo, *They Walk Among Us*, wanda aka shirya a birane daban-daban bayan mutuwarsa, kuma aka daidaita shi zuwa wani fim ɗin labari ta marubuci Jon Land .

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Nicholas Philip O'Neill a ranar 28 ga Janairu, 1985, ɗa tilo ga Joanne ( née Romanelli) O'Neill da Dave Kane .   Ya rayu tsawon rayuwarsa a Cranston, Rhode Island tare da mahaifiyarsa da kuma manyan 'yan uwansa Christian da William daga auren mahaifiyarsa na farko. O'Neill ya fara yin wasan kwaikwayo tun yana ƙarami a coci, makaranta da kuma wasannin kwaikwayo na al'umma, yana taka rawa kamar Linus a cikin *You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* da Conrad Birdie a cikin *Bye Bye Birdie* . Lokacin da yake da shekaru 14, yana yin wasan barkwanci na improv kuma yana da shekaru 17, ya koyar da kansa yadda ake buga guitar kuma ya yi wasa a matsayin jarumi tare da ƙungiyar mawakan rock Shryne, yana amfani da sunan dandamali Nicky O.  A halin yanzu, ya fara fama da makaranta, daga ƙarshe ya rasa sha'awarsa gaba ɗaya kuma ya daina. A cikin shekarunsa na ƙarshe, ya mai da hankali kan yin wasa tare da kamfanin Providence All Children's Theater, da rubutu da yin kiɗa. Ya shiga cikin wata mummunar dangantaka mai tsawo da budurwarsa, Gabby Sherba. 

Iyalan O'Neill sun yi zargin cewa a ƙarshen rayuwarsa, ya fara samun abubuwan ban mamaki, waɗanda suka yi iƙirarin sun yi tasiri ga yawancin rubuce-rubucensa, ciki har da rubuta waƙoƙinsa, mujallunsa, da wasan kwaikwayo nasa, *They Walk Among Us*, wanda ke nuna wani hali da O'Neill ya yi da kansa. Wannan hali matashi ne wanda ya mutu kuma ya zama mala'ika mai kula da sauran matasa. 

### Mutuwa
O'Neill ya kasance a gidan rawa na Station don wasan kwaikwayo na ƙungiyar Great White a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 2003, tare da abokin aikinsa daga Shryne, Jon Brennan, da wani abokinsa, Albert Dibonaventura (1984–2003). Daga cikin ukun, Brennan ne kawai ya tsira daga ƙungiyar da rai.  An shirya Shryne zai yi wasa a Station washegari da daddare, kuma an ruwaito cewa O'Neill ya yi abota da babban mawaƙin Great White Jack Russell a kwanakin kafin gobarar. 

A *shekara ta 41*, iyalan Nicholas O'Neill da abokansa sun jaddada yadda yake jin barkwancinsa, basirarsa ta halitta da hikimarsa, da kuma tausayinsa. Sun lura cewa, duk da gajeriyar rayuwarsa, yana da tasiri mai kyau ga mutane da yawa, kamar yadda ya nuna ta hanyar halartar mutane sama da dubu a bikin tunawa da shi. 

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