There was a kid who had been picking on him, and Ryan's dad trained him (Ryan) to fight just in case. He thought it would be like in that movie Karate Kid, you could say. Eventually, a fight did break out. Later, the two kids ended up buddies.
But a while on, Ryan, being the kid that he was, told his newfound friend a story about they doctor's office that he thought was funny. His new "friend" decided to tell everybody that the 13-year old boy was gay.
Later, Ryan started talking to a girl online. He really liked her, and he thought "Hey, maybe if she becomes my girlfriend, people will stop saying I'm gay."
But unfortunately, when he saw the girl at school when the new year started, she laughed in his face in front of her friends. She didn't want to lose her new popularity, even though she had been there for him online before. She told him she thought it would be funny to mess with him and make him think a girl liked him.
He told her, "It's girls like you who make me want to kill myself."
During much of this bullying, pretty much from the beginning, Ryan had reconnected with an old friend through IM. When Ryan told the boy, who had grown very negative and bleak, that he was contemplating suicide, the pen-pal responded: "Phew. It's about f***ing time."
After he, God rest his soul, ended it, the aforementioned bully that Ryan fought with decided he would go around school telling everyone that Ryan was weak and a loser.
After this had been going on for a small while, one of Ryan's friend's mothers saw her son looking sad. She asked him if he wanted to talk about it, and he told her what the kid had been saying. She called Ryan's father, who went to the bully's house and sat him down on the couch with his parents and confronted him.
At first, the bully denied it, being that his parents were there. But Ryan's father pressed the issue, and the boy eventually broke down and confessed and apologized. He never said anything negative about Ryan afterwards.
I recommend looking at the wikipedia page, I couldn't get every piece of information. It's a very sad and somewhat confusing story.
R.I.P. Ryan Halligan <3
a girl name ashley bullied him just for fun
He committed Suicide by hanging him self in the bathroom and his sister found him. He did this because he was bullied.
Ryan Halligan died in 2003.
Ryan Halligan was born in 1989.
Ryan Halligan died by committing suicide at age thirteen.
Suicide of Ryan Halligan died on 2003-10-07.
Suicide of Ryan Halligan was born on 1989-12-18.
Suicide.
As far as everyone knew he was NOT gay.
He used his sister's towel.
Ryan Halligan killed himself by hanging himself in his bathroom. For more info: www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org D; We miss you Ryan! Remember whoever reads this, we need to stop cyberbullying!! I agree with the comment made by the other wiki answer person who wrote that up above but we should stop all bullying.It may seem funny at first until somebody goes crazy about being picked on and killed them self.Always remember if you are the victim people will always miss you,and that you are always loved!WE WILL MISS RYAN HALLIGAN!
Karen Halligan goes by Doc Halligan.
Lynda Halligan's birth name is Lynda Halligan.