Jarmo Koski lost his brother in the 1980s.
In his biography, Jarmo Koski tells about the death of his brother. Pasi Liesimaa
Actor Jarmo Koski speaks Sanna Kajander Ruuthin in writing Jarmo Koski – a hidden life in the book (s& S, 2025) about the death of his brother.
Koski tells how his brother Risto drank too much and suffered from mental health problems.
Once I picked him from his home by a green apple car and took him to Lapinlahti Hospital. Risto was in such a confused condition that he saw the delusions. In the waiting room, he also commanded me to lift my legs from the floor because the room was supposed to flooded. I didn’t start to Kina but obeyed. It was difficult to look at the beloved brother in that condition.
In Lapinlahti, Koski’s brother spent a couple of nights, but at home the same going continued. In 1983, the brother called Koski and asked him for a tavern.
We and Marja had just had the kids to sleep and decided to watch the movie together. I didn’t want the bar, so I invited Risto to us on Snellman Street to watch a movie.
When Risto arrived, according to Koski, he was impatient and burned tobacco in the chain. Koski went home to bring his brother home at Kosken’s Marja wife.
As we walked, Risto admitted that he was plotting a bottle of rapids before coming to us. I was surprised – he didn’t seem to be at all on his head.
“Liquor doesn’t affect me anymore,” Risto said sadly.
At that time, Koski saw his brother for the last time. On September 8, the caretaker found him hanging out on the attic floor of his home.
At the funeral, I needed all my performance experience so that I could form the words as I calculated the flowers to the coffin: “The last greeting to a brother, a friend.”
Later Koski remembers in his biography Hidden lives series scene where his role as Seppo Taalasmaa tries to suicide. The scene was tough for Koski, but he assured himself to play the scene.
However, as I was preparing for the scene, I could not help but think about the sad fate of my brother Risto. I know what suicide means to loved ones. Perhaps the scene was so impressive because my genuine feelings were transmitted to the home stands. Go and know.
Still, making a hanging scene went more strongly to my feelings than I had imagined beforehand. It pulled the mind low for a long time.
The italics are extracts from Sanna Kajander Ruuth’s book Jarmo Koski – a hidden life (S& S, 2025).