Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te whetū pouaka whakaata me te kaiwaiata a Lil 'Chris i mate i te marama kua hipa i kitea e tetahi hoa i tona whare, i korerotia te uiui mo tona matenga. Ko te whetu pop 24-tau-tau, ko tona ingoa pono ko Chris Hardman, i mate i te Poutu-te-rangi 23 i tona taone nui o Lowestoft i muri i te pakanga roa ki te pouri. I kii te kaiwhakawa o Suffolk a Peter Dean i tenei ra ki te tirotirohanga ko te hoa o Mr Hardman a AJ Sutton i muri mai i te kitenga o te tinana. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I kii te kairangahau a Suffolk a Peter Dean i te tirotirohanga mo te matenga o Chris Hardman, aka Lil Chris (maui me matau), i kitea e tetahi hoa tana tinana i whakairihia i tona kaainga i Lowestoft i te Poutu-te-rangi 23. I kii ia i karangahia nga kaiāwhina me nga pirihimana ki tona whare i Union Road, Lowestoft, i taua ata, ka whakapumautia te mate i te 11.48am. I tapiritia e ia: 'I kitea ia i tona whare e tetahi hoa. I karangatia ngā ratonga tūpāpaku engari i kore ngā whakamātau ki te whakaora i a ia.' I roto i tētahi tauākī o mua, i kī te whānau o Mr Hardman kua roa ia e whawhai ana ki te pouri, ā, kua whakaritea kia kitea he rongoā. I whakapumautia e te tohunga mate a Richard Ball te take o te matenga hei whakairi. Ka mea a Dr. Dean: 'E hiahia ana ahau ki te tuku i aku whakaaro me aku mihi ki te whanau, hoa me te hunga katoa e tata ana ki a ia mo to ratou ngaro.' I a ia e korero ana i muri tata iho i tona matenga, i kii te whanau o Mr Hardman he 'tino nui ia ka ngaro i a ia e mohio ana ki a ia'. I tāpiri mai rātau i roto i tētahi tauākī: 'I whawhai a Chris ki ngā raruraru hauora hinengaro me te pouri i ngā tau tata nei. 'I whakapau kaha ia ki te āwhina i ētahi atu ki te kimi i ngā huarahi pai ake ki te wikitōria i tēnei mate, ā, i kī nuitia e ia e hiahia ana ia ki te kimi rongoā. Ahakoa tēnei, ko tōna āwangawanga i ngā wā katoa ko tōna whānau me ōna hoa, ko te hari o rātau te mea nui rawa atu ki a ia. I rongonui a Mr Hardman i roto i te Kura Rock o Channel 4 i muri i te whakangahau o Kiss, a Gene Simmons i a ia hei kaiwaiata matua mo te roopu akonga. I muri mai ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia he kirimana takitahi ka haere ki te whai i te top e rima ki a Checkin 'It Out i te 2006. He korero o mua na te whanau o Mr Hardman i whakaahua ia hei 'kaihanga nui', ka tapiritia: 'Ki te kore ia e kawe i te koa ma te puoro e korero ana ia...
I kitea a Singer i tōna kāinga i Lowestoft i te 23 o Poutu-te-rangi, ā, i kīia kua mate. I āwhina tana hoa a A.J. Sutton ki te tautuhi i te tinana, i korerotia ki te whakamātautau i te mate. I whakamanahia e te tohunga mate mate te take o te matenga i whakawhānui i te aroha ki te whānau. I whawhai te whetū pouaka whakaata pono ki te pouri me te oati ki te rapu rongoa. Ka taea te whakapā atu ki a rātou mā te waea i te 08457 909090, īmēra jo@samaritans.org, ka kitea rānei ngā taipitopito o tō peka ā-rohe i www.samaritans.org.