[idiot74]

> He was inspired by his father, an aeronautical engineer and inventor, who killed himself when Mr Browning was a teenager.

Was this really necessary? Imagine the reaction of the guy: "Oh cool, there's a bbc article on me.. oh... :(".

[weego]

I don't think it's a spoiler for him at this point in life.

[idiot74]

Yeah but it can be unpleasant when other people casually bring up tragedies about your life randomly when the context isn't quite right.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

The phrase "killed himself" seems like a really odd choice. I assumed the author meant in some kind of aeronautical accident, but perhaps it's just a really crass way of saying "committed suicide".

[samlittlewood]

As a brit, that reads ok - to me, it does not imply intention. "Fred killed himself whilst overtaking a lorry on the A30" would not imply suicide (but possibly poor judgement).

[ralfd]

I also found this sentence bizarre. It doesn't add any important information to the reader and makes it sound he was inspired by the suicide.

[knorker]

Yeah. It sounds like his father killed himself, so now this guy is going to do it too, albeit in a more spectacular way.

[dominotw]

Perhaps something to do with Howard Stark's tragic death when tony was young?