Following the death of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, no one could find a trace of the creative genius on Twitter.  It turns out McQueen’s account was deleted after news of his suicide broke.  New York Magazine reveals the dark tweets leading up to his untimely death.

It hadn’t been an easy February for McQueen.  His mother passed away on February 2nd, leaving him distraught with grief.  That combined with his penchant for the dark and gothic made for some very strange tweets.

February 3rd at 11:46:

“i’m letting my followers know the my mother passed away yesterday if it she had not me nor would you RIP mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”

11:47 the same day:

“but life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

January 28th at 10:01 a.m. (before his mother’s passing):

“Hells Angels + Prolific Demons……”

February 1st, 10:46 a.m.:

“from heaven to hell and back again, life is a funny thing. beauty can come from the most strangest of places even the most disgusting places”

February 1st, 10:52 a.m.:

“why people ignore the ugly things in life but within this they are missing the beauty that lies under the rotten fruit!!!!!!!!!!!!”

February 3rd, 2:21 p.m.:

“la reine Margot”

February 7th, 12:38 p.m.:

“sunday evening been a fucking awful week but my friends have been great but now I have to some how pull myself together and finish with the”

February 7th, 12:40 p.m.:

“HELLS ANGLES & PROLIFIC DEAMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I’m curious to know what you think.  Is Twitter a blessing or a curse? How much of it is too telling?