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The real story behind Mark Wahlberg s Joe Bell: How a bereaved father walked cross-country to honor gay son driven to suicide by bullies - but was killed by a semi-truck before he could complete his journey
Wahlberg, 50, plays the working-class dad from Oregon in the upcoming film Joe Bell, which is to be released in the U.S. on July 23
The movie is based on the true story of Joe, 48, and his openly gay son Jadin Bell, 15, who
hanged himself on playground equipment in January 2013
The teen had already suffered brain damage when a passerby found him, and he died on February 3, 2013, after being taken off life support