>> Sreenivasan: ON THIS EDITION FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 18: THE WORLD MOURNS THE DEATH OF FORMER U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN; TURKEY/U.S.

TENSIONS RISE AS THE TURKISH ECONOMY CONTINUES TO FALL; AND IN OUR SIGNATURE SEGMENT, AN UNFILTERED LOOK AT THE TRAGIC LIFE OF CHAMPION SURFER ANDY IRONS.

NEXT ON PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND.

FROM THE TISCH WNET STUDIOS AT LINCOLN CENTER IN NEW YORK, HARI SREENIVASAN.

>> Sreenivasan: GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER AND FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, KOFI ANNAN, HAS DIED.

THE VETERAN DIPLOMAT WAS 80 YEARS OLD AND DIED AFTER A SHORT, UNSPECIFIED ILLNESS, ACCORDING TO HIS FOUNDATION.

>> I, KOFI ANNAN... >> Sreenivasan: BORN IN GHANA, ANNAN WAS A CAREER DIPLOMAT AT THE U.N. AND THE FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BE HIRED FROM WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION'S RANKS.

ANNAN SERVED TWO TERMS AS THE U.N.'S LEADER FROM 1997 TO 2006 AND WAS JOINTLY AWARDED A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WITH THE U.N.

IN 2001.

HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN SECRETARY-GENERAL.

CURRENT SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT "ANNAN WAS THE UNITED NATIONS" AND "WAS A GUIDING FORCE FOR GOOD."

ANNAN LED GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, INCLUDING PLEDGES TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA.

BUT HE ALSO CLASHED WITH THE U.S. OVER THE INVASION OF IRAQ IN 2003, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL.

AFTER LEAVING THE U.N.

IN 2007, ANNAN REMAINED INVOLVED IN DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, INCLUDING SERVING AS AN ENVOY IN SYRIA IN 2012.

THE NEWSHOUR'S JEFFREY BROWN TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT THE UNITED NATION'S ROLE IN 2012 AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEMOIR.

>> WE HAVE A SCAPEGOAT... A SCAPEGOAT ROLE, IF YOU WISH, AND AN ALIBI ROLE.

WHEN THINGS ARE REALLY DESPERATE AND HOPELESS AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, AND THERE'S A SENSE THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT USUALLY LEADS TO THE U.N. YOU DUMP IT ON THE U.N., AND YOU, AS A MEMBER STATE, YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING.

IT'S THOSE INCOMPETENT PEOPLE AT THE U.N. WHO ARE NOT DELIVERING.

YOU KNOW.

AND MY PREDECESSOR, BOUTROS, USED TO SAY THE LETTERS "S.G." DOESN'T STAND FOR "SECRETARY- GENERAL" BUT "SCAPEGOAT."

>> Sreenivasan: JOINING ME NOW FROM OAK BLUFFS, MASSACHUSETTS, VIA SKYPE IS HELENE GAYLE, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST AND FORMER PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF CARE.

FIRST, HOW DID YOU KNOW KOFI ANNAN?

>> WELL, I FIRST MET KOFI WHEN I WAS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HEADING GLOBAL AIDS ACTIVITIES, AND THEN WHEN I WAS AT THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, ALSO WORKING ON GLOBAL AIDS, WORKED WITH HIM THEN.

AND THEN IN MY WORK AT CARE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HIM.

SO OVER A PERIOD OF A COUPLE OF DECADES I'VE HAD THE REAL PLEASURE OF KNOWING KOFI ANNAN.

>> Sreenivasan: WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE LONG-LASTING LEGACY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HIS WORK ON H.I.V.

ISSUES?

>> WELL, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO REMARKABLE WAS THAT HE ELEVATED THE ISSUE OF H.I.V.

AND AIDS AS A GLOBAL ISSUE, BUT ALSO ONE THAT HE FELT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BRING BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

AND SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE U.N. ACTUALLY PUT A FOCUS ON A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC BECAUSE THE IMPACT OF IT WAS SO FAR REACHING.

AND I THINK IT WAS VERY MUCH IN KEEPING WITH THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HE BROUGHT TO THE U.N.

THE U.N. REFORM, OBVIOUSLY, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR, BUT THE FACT THAT HE STARTED THE U.N.

COMPACT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARKS AROUND BUSINESS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISSUE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE U.N.

THROUGH THE GLOBAL COMPACT AND REALLY HAD AN IMPACT ON HOW GLOBAL BUSINESSES THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND JUST THEIR BUSINESSES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE MANY THINGS-- AND THE FACT THAT HE THEN WENT ON TO START HIS FOUNDATION, WHICH REALLY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HE HAD BEEN SUCH A LEADER IN AROUND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA, THAT CONTINUED THAT LEGACY OF THINKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU LOOK AT GLOBAL ISSUES FROM THIS BROADER PERSPECTIVE?

THE FACT THAT HE WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE I THINK ELEVATED THE U.N.

IN A WAY THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN ELEVATED BEFORE.

SO I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT KOFI ANNAN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR.

BUT I THINK BEYOND ALL OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE FACT THAT HE WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING, AND THAT HE HAD SUCH DIGNITY AND IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DID, HE BROUGHT A LEVEL OF ELEGANCE AND DIGNITY TO IT.

HE WAS A HUMBLE PERSON.

HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE INTELLECT.

HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND SO, HE WAS A REMARKABLE HUMAN BEING IN SO MANY WAYS.

>> Sreenivasan: HE HAD MENTIONED IN HIS MEMOIRS AND OTHER PLACES THAT HE REGRETS THE IRAQ WAR.

HE SEES THAT AS ONE OF THE THINGS HE WISHED HE COULD HAVE STOPPED.

OVER THE YEARS THAT YOU GOT TO KNOW HIM, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT HE WISHED HE COULD HAVE DONE MORE ON OR THAT HE WAS WILLING TO RE-ENGAGE IN?

>> WELL, I THINK HE ALWAYS FELT THAT AS A SON OF AFRICA THAT HE HAD A COMMITMENT TO DO ALL THAT HE COULD TO HELP IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN AFRICA.

AND I THINK HE, THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE ELDERS, THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE FOUNDATION, THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE BIG GLOBAL COLLABORATION AGRA, WHICH FOCUSED ON AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA, I THINK THESE ISSUES THAT REALLY HELPED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA AS A GROWING-- RAPIDLY GROWING AND IMPORTANT ECONOMY, I THINK WERE THINGS THAT WERE NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART.

AND I THINK HE, IN HIS POST-SECRETARY-GENERAL YEARS, REALLY DID A LOT TO FURTHER THE ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.

>> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT, HELENE GAYLE, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST JOINING US VIA SKYPE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Sreenivasan: IT WAS A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING IN ITALY TODAY.

A STATE FUNERAL WAS HELD IN GENOA FOR THOSE WHO DIED LAST TUESDAY WHEN THE MORANDI BRIDGE COLLAPSED DURING BUSY LUNCHTIME TRAFFIC, KILLING MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE.

THAT NUMBER MAY RISE AS SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUE TO SIFT THROUGH THE RUBBLE.

A GENOA COURT IS NOW CHARGED WITH DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE 51-YEAR-OLD BRIDGE.

HEAVY RAINS IN THE SOUTH INDIAN STATE OF KERALA ARE STRANDING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND HINDERING RESCUE OPERATIONS.

THE FLOODING IS BEING CALLED THE WORST IN A CENTURY, WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RAINFALL OF A TYPICAL MONSOON SEASON.

MORE THAN 190 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE PAST TEN DAYS, AND 300,000 ARE NOW IN STATE-RUN RELIEF CAMPS.

THE SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE INTO THE 2016 ELECTION IS ASKING JAIL TIME FOR A FORMER TRUMP FOREIGN AFFAIRS AIDE WHO HAS ADMITTED TO LYING TO THE F.B.I.

GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS PLED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS LAST OCTOBER.

IN A FILING LATE LAST NIGHT, PROSECUTORS SAID JAIL TIME WAS WARRANTED AFTER PAPADOPOULOS REPEATEDLY LIED DURING AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE TIMING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF INFORMATION HE SOLICITED FROM RUSSIANS ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON.

SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 7.

24 MIGRANT CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE ARE STILL SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS, ACCORDING TO A NEW COURT FILING.

READ MORE AT www.pbs.org/newshour.

>> Sreenivasan: TENSIONS ARE RISING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO ALLY, TURKEY.

TODAY, IN ANKARA, PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN ADDRESSED THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS AS HIS COUNTRY'S CURRENCY CONTINUES TO FALL.

ERDOGAN IS CALLING THE UNITED STATES' RECENT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AN "ATTEMPTED ECONOMIC COUP."

>> ( translated ): TODAY, SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO THREATEN US THROUGH THE ECONOMY, THROUGH SANCTIONS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION.

WE ARE TELLING THEM, "WE'VE SEEN YOUR GAMES, AND WE ARE CHALLENGING YOU."

>> Sreenivasan: ERDOGAN'S STATEMENTS COME ONE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED TURKEY "A PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME."

ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA IS COVERING EVENTS IN TURKEY, AND HE JOINS US NOW VIA SKYPE FROM ISTANBUL.

SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT-- PRESIDENT ERDOGAN-- SAID TODAY.

>> TODAY, THE TURKISH PRESIDENT, RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, AGAIN HAD SOME STRONG RHETORIC DIRECTED AT THE UNITED STATES.

HE TALKED ABOUT AN ATTEMPT AT ECONOMIC COUP WHICH IS SORT OF LANGUAGE THAT ECHOES AND RECALLS A 2016 ATTEMPTED COUP BY SOME MILITARY UNITS.

SO THE COMPARISON IS STRONG, TO SAY THE LEAST.

HE ALSO SAID IN COMMENTS THAT SEEMED TO BE DIRECTED AT THE U.S. THAT "WE KNOW YOUR GAME AND WE'LL CHALLENGE YOU."

>> Sreenivasan: IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS-- THE TRADE SANCTIONS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED ARE NOT THE SOLE REASON FOR THE DECLINE OF THE TURKISH ECONOMY.

IT'S BEEN SLIDING FOR A WHILE, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, HARI.

IN A SENSE, IT'S REALLY QUITE A TURNAROUND, A NEGATIVE ONE, FOR TURKEY, WHICH HAD STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH MANY YEARS AND WAS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS STORY, A REGIONAL POWER FOR SOME TIME.

BUT A LOT OF THAT GROWTH WAS FUELED BY HEAVY FOREIGN CURRENCY BORROWING.

AND THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN OVERHEATING AND NOW IT COULD BE THAT SOME COMPANIES WILL-- IN TURKEY WILL BE UNABLE TO PAY BACK THOSE DEBTS.

AND FOR THAT REASON, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE JITTERS.

SO IT'S A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR A LONG TIME AND IS NOT JUST LINKED TO THIS DISPUTE WITH THE U.S. >> Sreenivasan: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE LATEST SITUATION IS WITH ANDREW BRUNSON, THE PASTOR AT THE CENTER OF ALL THIS.

>> WELL, HE REMAINS UNDER HOUSE ARREST, HOUSE DETENTION.

HE IS IN THE TURKISH CITY OF IZMIR.

HE REMAINS ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGED OFFENSES LINKED TO TERRORISM.

HE AGAIN ATTEMPTED, THROUGH HIS LAWYER, TO APPEAL FOR A LIFTING OF THE TRAVEL BAN AND FOR HIS RELEASE, BUT A COUPLE OF TURKISH COURTS TURNED DOWN THOSE REQUESTS THIS WEEK.

SO TURKEY IS CERTAINLY HOLDING THE LINE ON THE CASE OF THE PASTOR AND IS NOT GIVING IN TO AMERICAN DEMANDS THAT HE BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY.

SO IT REALLY IS A MAJOR STICKING POINT IN THE U.S.-TURKEY RELATIONSHIP, BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE.

>> Sreenivasan: IS THE THINKING THAT ERDOGAN IS HOLDING ANDREW BRUNSON AS SOME SORT OF LEVERAGE TO TRY TO GET HIS WAY TO GET FETHULLAH GULEN, THE PERSON WHO HE WANTS BACK FROM THE UNITED STATES?

>> THAT IS CERTAINLY THE VIEW OF SOME PEOPLE.

THE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHERS, BELIEVE THE CHARGES AGAINST THE PASTOR, ANDREW BRUNSON, ARE TRUMPED UP AND ARE ESSENTIALLY THAT THEY'RE FRAMING THIS PASTOR AS A WAY, AS YOU SAY, TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE U.S. TO HAND OVER FETHULLAH GULEN, WHO IS THE TURKISH MUSLIM CLERIC ACCUSED OF FERMENTING THE 2016 ATTEMPTED COUP.

HE'S LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA AT THE MOMENT.

AND BUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AMERICAN OFFICIALS HAVE SAID TO TURKEY THAT TURKEY HAS TO PROVIDE CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF INVOLVEMENT IN THAT ATTEMPTED COUP IN ORDER FOR ANY EXTRADITION PROCEEDING TO GO FORWARD.

>> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA JOINING US VIA SKYPE FROM ISTANBUL.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Sreenivasan: THIS WEEK THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RELEASED FINDINGS SHOWING A RECORD 72,000 DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2017.

THAT'S A 13% RISE SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARED THE OPIOID CRISIS A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

OPIOID ADDICITION AFFECTS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, EVEN OUR GREATEST ATHLETES.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY, "KISSED BY GOD," PROFILES SURFING LEGEND ANDY IRONS, WHO DIED IN 2010 AFTER BATTLING BOTH MENTAL ILLNESS AND OPIOID ADDICTION.

NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S MEGAN THOMPSON RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH STEVE JONES, ONE OF THE FILM'S DIRECTORS >> YOU EVER HEARD OF BEING KISSED BY GOD?

'CAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS.

FOR THOSE 10, 3-2-1 SECOND, IT'S LIKE GOD CAME DOWN AND GAVE YOU A KISS AND YOU THEN YOU JUST CHASE THAT THE WHOLE REST OF YOUR LIFE TRYING TO GET THAT FIRST WAVE OR THE FIRST BARREL OR THE FIRST TURN.

>> Reporter: THE DOCUMENTARY "ANDY IRONS: KISSED BY GOD" TELLS THE STORY OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST TALENTED AND FAMOUS COMPETITIVE SURFERS.

>> SURFING'S MY LIFE.

100%.

I LIVE AND BREATH SURFING.

>> HE'S STILL GOING.

IS HE COMING OUT-- YES!

>> Reporter: ANDY IRONS WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HAWAII.

HE STARTED SURFING WHEN HE WAS JUST SEVEN-YEARS-OLD.

HE WENT PROFESSIONAL AT 20 AND QUICKLY BECAME A STAR.

HE GAINED LUCRATIVE SPONSORSHIP DEALS WITH BRANDS LIKE BILLABONG.

>> WHEN YOU WATCHED HIM SURF, IT WAS SO EXPLOSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE AND SO TOTALLY COMMITTED.

>> Reporter: STEVE JONES CO-DIRECTED "ANDY IRONS: KISSED BY GOD."

>> I REMEMBER WATCHING ANDY AND HIS BROTHER BRUCE SURF GROWING UP AS A KID, AND MY BROTHERS AND I BEING LIKE, WOW, THERE'S, LOOK AT THESE GUYS.

THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM.

AND IT WAS JUST THIS, THIS BRASHNESS AND RADICALNESS THAT I THINK BOTH OF THOSE BROTHERS EXUDED.

>> Reporter: THE FILM CHRONICLES IRONS' STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS AS HE TRAVELED THE GLOBE TO COMPETE.

IRONS INITIALLY CAME IN DEAD LAST ON HIS FIRST WORLD TOUR IN 1999, ONLY TO MAKE A COMEBACK AND WIN THREE WORLD TITLES BACK TO BACK.

>> ANDY IRONS, YOUR LAST SCORE: A PERFECT 10.

>> Reporter: ANDY'S BROTHER, BRUCE, WAS ALSO A SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR SURFER.

JONES SAYS THE IRONS BROTHERS DIDN'T GROW UP RICH.

>> THEY CAME FROM A VERY SIMPLE UPBRINGING.

PEOPLE FELT THAT ANDY WAS A VERY RELATABLE CHARACTER, AND HE WAS REFERRED TO AS THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP AS HE STARTED TO RISE UP AND REALIZE THESE SUCCESSES.

UM, SO, KIND OF A COOL, ALMOST RAGS-TO-RICHES STORY.

>> Reporter: BUT JONES SAYS THERE WAS ANOTHER SIDE OF ANDY IRONS-- ONE RARELY SEEN BY THE PUBLIC.

AS THE FILM REVEALS, HE STRUGGLED WITH BIOPOLAR DISORDER FOR YEARS.

HERE HE IS AT HOME, AFTER WINNING HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE.

>> IT'S JUST SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF THOUGHTS, A LOT OF JUST STUFF GOING ON.

AND I JUST TRY TO NOT LET IT GET TO ME, BUT I'M JUST ONLY HUMAN.

IT JUST GETS TO ME SOMETIMES AND I GET OVERWHELMED.

AND I TRY NOT TO GET OVERWHELMED, BUT IT'S HARD.

>> LIKE, HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY HE ISN'T MORE HAPPY, MORE ELATED THAT HE WON THE WORLD TITLE.

HE'S DEEPLY TROUBLED, AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NEEDING SOMETHING TO TURN HIM AROUND, AND REFUEL HIM.

I THINK THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT PEOPLE JUST NEVER SAW WITH ANDY.

IT WASN'T JUST THIS ELATED RISE TO FAME, AND SUCCESS, AND YOU KNOW, FORTUNE.

>> Reporter: IRONS SELF-MEDICATED WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, MADE EASIER BY THE LIFESTYLE OF PARTYING THAT SURROUNDED HIM.

HE EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED AN ADDICTION.

>> YOU KNOW HE WAS SMOKING WEED WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

HE'D SMOKE A LOT OF WEED.

AND THEN IF IT WASN'T WEED, YOU KNOW, THEN DRINKING.

A LOT OF DRINKING.

THEN COKE.

A LOT OF COKE AND DRINKING.

>> Reporter: A MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE AND IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY HELP TELL THE STORY OF IRONS' INCREDIBLE HIGHS AND DEBILITATING LOWS, INCLUDING EPISODES OF PARANOIA.

>> HE GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE STAYING.

HE GOT IN THERE, HE CLOSED UP THE CURTAINS, HE SAYS, UH, "THEY'RE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE."

WE DON'T KNOW WHO "THEY" WERE.

>> DOORS SHUT, WINDOWS, DRAPES DOWN.

THEY'RE FOLLOWING ME.

LIKE OUT OF THE-- MOVIES.

>> HE LIKE, WENT OFF THE DEEP END.

>> Reporter: HOW MUCH DID THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM KNOW WHAT HE WAS DEALING WITH AT THE TIME?

>> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO WEREN'T NECESSARILY AWARE OF THE BIPOLAR DISORDER OR THE MENTAL ILLNESS.

LIKE, I THINK THAT THE DRUG THING WAS PRETTY PREVALENT.

ANDY TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO COME OUT WITH HIS STORY AND GO CLEAN AND TELL THE WORLD LIKE, "HEY, THIS IS WHO I AM AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH.

AND I HAVE BEEN TO REHAB."

THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ENCOURAGING HIM TO DO THAT AND SOME PEOPLE GOING, "YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT."

LIKE, YOU KNOW, "YOU'RE A WELL-PAID PRO-ATHLETE.

THE FACE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT BRANDS.

AND THAT'S A STORY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TELL, WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE TELLING."

>> Reporter: IRONS EVENTUALLY BECAME ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS AND HEROIN.

>> THE PILL RUNS A HARD ONE TO KICK, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT GRABBED A HOLD OF MY BROTHER.

GRABBED A HOLD OF A LOT OF US.

IT TOOK DOWN A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

THAT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THAT BIG RUN THAT MY BROTHER HAD.

>> Reporter: IRONS MARRIED HIS WIFE, LYNDIE, IN 2007.

SHE DESCRIBES SOME OF HER HUSBAND'S LOWEST MOMENTS AND HER STRUGGLE TO KEEP IT ALL A SECRET.

>> AND HE ALWAYS TOLD ME, "DON'T YOU DARE TELL ANYONE."

SO I HAD TO GO TO FREAKIN' FOOD LAND AND ACT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND I HAD A, LIKE, A DYING HEROIN ADDICTED HUSBAND LIKE AT HOME.

LIKE IT WAS...

I LOOK BACK NOW AND I WISH I DIDN'T, I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT HIM.

>> A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS WOULD GO AND, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY TRY TO HUNT DOWN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPLYING IT TO ANDY.

SO THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE AGGRESSIVELY REALLY TRYING TO HELP HIM AND CUT IT OFF AT THE SOURCE.

>> Reporter: IN 2010, WITH HIS WIFE LYNDIE EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT, IRONS TRAVELED TO PUERTO RICO FOR A COMPETITION, BUT ENDED UP TOO SICK TO COMPETE.

ON HIS WAY BACK, HE STOPPED IN DALLAS ON A LAYOVER.

HE WAS FOUND DEAD THE NEXT DAY IN HIS HOTEL ROOM.

HE WAS 32.

>> WHEN ANDY FIRST PASSED, THERE WAS A LOT OF MYSTERY AROUND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: SO PEOPLE JUST, THERE WAS LIKE SILENCE AROUND HIS DEATH.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF SILENCE.

I MEAN THE FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT WAS THAT IT WAS DENGUE FEVER, WHICH WAS JUST TOTALLY FABRICATED.

>> Reporter: IT TURNED OUT THAT IRONS HAD A HEART ATTACK.

AN AUTOPSY SHOWED HE HAD ANTIDEPRESSANTS, COCAINE AND METHADONE IN HIS SYSTEM.

HOW DID YOU GET PAST THAT SILENCE THAT SURROUNDED HIS DEATH?

HOW DID YOU BREAK THROUGH?

>> HAWAII'S AN INTERESTING PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE AND ALOHA AND A LOT OF PROTECTIVENESS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY JUST TAKE THE TIME AND BE PATIENT AND EARN PEOPLE'S TRUST.

>> Reporter: FIVE YEARS AFTER IRONS' DEATH, HIS BROTHER BRUCE AND WIDOW LYNDIE FINALLY AGREED TO TALK.

>> NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, I...

I'M ALONE IN THIS WORLD.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU FELT, I FELT.

YOU WERE MY HERO...

GROWING UP.

AND YOU STILL ARE.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT IN WORDS HOW MUCH I MISS YOU.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE AMAZING AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND I JUST WISH I COULD HUG YOU AND HOLD YOU AND KISS YOU ONE LAST TIME.

>> THE BIG THING WHEN WE STARTED TO SIT DOWN AND DO INTERVIEWS WAS JUST BRUCE AND LYNDIE GOING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD CALL THEM AND BE LIKE, "HEY, THESE GUYS ARE COMING.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?"

AND BRUCE WAS LIKE, "YOU GUYS CAN TELL ALL.

TELL EVERYTHING.

WE WANT IT OUT THERE.

WE'RE TELLING THE TRUE STORY.

GO ALL IN."

>> IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT.

AND THEN YOU JUST GO, YOU NOW, THERE'S AN ADDICTION HERE THAT'S MUCH STRONGER THAN-- IT WASN'T AN INTENTIONAL THING.

BUT THOSE PRESSURES WERE CONSTANT FOR HIM.

>> THEY'D BEEN HOLDING THIS IN FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS.

WE WOULD HEAR THE RUMBLINGS OF PEOPLE BEING LIKE, HEY, HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE THERAPY CHAIR YET?

>> Reporter: THEY CALLED IT THE THERAPY CHAIR?

>> THEY CALLED IT THE THERAPY CHAIR.

AMD EVERY INTERVIEW WOULD LITERALLY END WITH THE WHOLE CREW IN TEARS.

>> Reporter: THE FILM WILL BE AVAILABLE ON iTUNES IN SEPTEMBER.

JONES HOPES IT WILL GENERATE A PUBLIC DIALOGUE ABOUT ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

>> EVEN FROM THE TIME THE TRAILER FOR THE FILM CAME OUT, AND NOW WITH THE RELEASE OF THE FILM, WE'VE HAD A REMARKABLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, COMING TO US GOING, "HEY, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH," LIKE, "MY FRIEND CHECKED INTO REHAB AFTER WATCHING THAT MOVIE," OR "MY BROTHER SAW THE TRAILER AND HE'S NOW IN REHAB, AND HE'S TRYING TO GET HELP."

WE ALL HAVE STRUGGLES.

LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT MAN.

>> Sreenivasan: JOIN US TOMORROW FOR AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE RISE OF RIDE-SHARING.

ARE DRIVERS PART-TIME WORKERS IN THE NEW GIG ECONOMY, OR ARE THEY EMPLOYEES?

>> IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE MY SIDE HUSTLE, AS UBER LIKES TO CALL IT.

IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE LIKE THAT IN NEW YORK CITY.

>> Sreenivasan: THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND.

I'M HARI SREENIVASAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.