Stephen Fry says Beethoven's music helped him cope with suicidal depression

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stephen Fry has revealed that he used the music of Beethoven to help cope with his severe depression. It’s in the recovery, it’s when you suddenly find that flavour – suddenly life is colour again.” Fry has spoken before about his history with depression, which included a suicide attempt in 2012. when combined with not drinking too much and walking and eating properly and the other things that supposedly help one’s mental health.” The 62-year-old, who has bipolar disorder, added: “One of the ways I cope with it is to bathe myself in music like Beethoven’s and to think of people who have gone before me who have been lit by the flame of mania and danced by the icy water of depression.”