Grappling with his son’s suicide, Michael Madsen still hopes to find answers
“I love you dad,” is the last text that Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen received from his son before he killed himself.
The son of a Hollywood legend, Hudson Madsen, 26, was a U.S. Army Sergeant, stationed in Hawaii, who had just finished his first tour when he shot himself in the head, his father said.
“I am in shock as my son, whom I just spoke with a few days ago, said he was happy–my last text from him was ‘I love you dad,’” Madsen, the star of the Kill Bill franchise, told the LA Times.
“I didn’t see any signs of depression. It’s so tragic and sad. I’m just trying to make sense of everything and understand what happened,” he continued.
Hudson–whose Godfather was Quentin Tarantino–was Madsen’s eldest son with wife DeAnna Madsen, followed by brothers Kalvin and Luke. ...