Tristan Jepson

Tristan Jepson (born 1978, died 2004) was an Australian law graduate, writer and performer.

Biography

Jepson was educated at Trinity Grammar School and The University of New South Wales. While still an undergraduate law student, he began to write and perform comedy as director of the University of New South Wales' Law Revue. On graduation in 2003, he joined the cast of the AFI Award nominated sketch comedy TV programme "Big Bite", where he was perhaps best known for impersonations of Tom Gleisner in parody sketches of "The Panel". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1406925 Biography for Tristan Jepson on IMDB] ]

Diagnosed with clinical depression in 1998, Jepson suffered bouts during his university years and took his own life, aged 26. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/06/1157222202502.html Alan Mascharenas, 'Down by law, with the black dog'. "Sydney Morning Herald". September 7, 2006] ]

Memorials

The Tristan Jepson Memorial Fund, named in his honor, is an organization which works to foreground issues of mental illness across the legal profession. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2007/2101684.htm 'Lawyers and Depression - Part 1'. "Life Mattters", Radio National. November 27, 2007] ] The University of New South Wales inaugurated an annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture in 2006. [http://www.cle.unsw.edu.au/seminars/docs/2006/Jepson_Towards_Managing_Mental_Wellness.pdf]

References

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1406925 Biography for Tristan Jepson on IMDB]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/06/1157222202502.html "Sydney Morning Herald" Article About Tristan Jepson]
* [http://www.cle.unsw.edu.au/seminars/docs/2006/Jepson_Towards_Managing_Mental_Wellness.pdf The Tristan Jepson Memorial Fund]