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Don Ritchie, an Australian man who talked over 160 people out suicide, dead at 85

Don Ritchie, known as "the Angel of the Gap," lived near the Gap at Watson's Bay in Sydney, a notorious suicide spot.

Wild surf breaks on cliffs on the coast of Sydney. Don Ritchie, a local hero who was also known as "the angel of the Gap," prevented at least 160 suicides off of Sydney's coastal cliffs at Watson's Bay. He passed away Sunday at 85.

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