The inspiring true story of R U OK? Day suicide prevention and mental health initiative. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3nO2CDi

Gavin Larkin was the ultimate alpha male: a highly successful advertising executive with plenty of friends a loving family. But there was a problem with his seemingly perfect life. Gavin decided to change, and in 2009, he used his marketing nous and his high-profile contacts to create R U OK? Day, a national day of action to prevent suicide.

But not long after the launch, the super-fit, indomitable Gavin was anything but okay. He died of cancer just after marking R U OK?'s third successful campaign. R U OK? Day has become one of the nation's most embraced days of action.

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