Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Close friends of Tony Hsieh, the Zappos co-founder who died late last month, say his death was the culmination of a more than six-month downward spiral. The entrepreneur brought online shoe-shopping to the masses and wrote a bestselling book on company culture, “Delivering Happiness.” This year, he struggled, the friends say.⠀ ⠀ Hsieh spoke often about partying as a central feature of his work and life, and his drinking increased after he retired in August and grappled with the isolation enforced by the pandemic, those close to him said. He began experimenting with drugs, such as mushrooms and Ecstasy, they said.⠀ ⠀ That was only one component of increasingly extreme behavior. A longstanding fascination with fire intensified, friends said. Hsieh became fixated on trying to figure out what his body could live without, according to one friend. He starved himself of food and deprived himself of oxygen, turning toward nitrous oxide, which can induce hypoxia, this person said. Hsieh was increasingly away from his longtime friends and family, and was surrounded by a new group that indulged his behavior, close friends said.⠀ ⠀ He died on Nov. 27, nine days after firefighters were called to a home in New London, Conn., where he was staying. The Connecticut medical examiner has ruled the death an accident. The fire department is investigating the fire’s cause. ⠀ ⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.⠀ ⠀ Photo: Steve Marcus/Associated Press」12月10日 6時33分