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I don't think it's a spoiler for him at this point in life.

Yeah but it can be unpleasant when other people casually bring up tragedies about your life randomly when the context isn't quite right.

The phrase "killed himself" seems like a really odd choice. I assumed the author meant in some kind of aeronautical accident, but perhaps it's just a really crass way of saying "committed suicide".

As a brit, that reads ok - to me, it does not imply intention. "Fred killed himself whilst overtaking a lorry on the A30" would not imply suicide (but possibly poor judgement).

I also found this sentence bizarre. It doesn't add any important information to the reader and makes it sound he was inspired by the suicide.

Yeah. It sounds like his father killed himself, so now this guy is going to do it too, albeit in a more spectacular way.

Perhaps something to do with Howard Stark's tragic death when tony was young?