De Blasio's Dad Committed Suicide

Bill de Blasio’s apparent silence over his deceased father was broken Monday when the New York Post tracked down public records showing that Warren Wilhelm died in 1979 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A former WWII veteran, Wilhelm was gravely ill with cancer when he decided to end his own life. An article in the New Milford Times from 1979 describes how a woman “found a man dead in vehicle” on a July morning. De Blasio released a statement in response to the news, confirming that his father “tragically ended his life while suffering terminal cancer," adding that it's a "private part" of his family's life.