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George Clooney Says He Contemplated Suicide After Suffering Spinal Injury

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney is revealing that he once contemplated suicide.

Clooney tells Rolling Stone magazine that he considered killing himself after he suffered a spinal injury while filming Syriana in 2005.

The actor-director says he was in so much pain he didn't think he could go on.

Clooney, who told the magazine he went as far as working out a way to kill himself, says surgery has helped, but he still suffers from painful headaches.

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