As hundreds of people leaving a concert watched in horror, a man shimmied up a pole and hanged himself with car battery jumper cables.

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The man encountered his estranged wife Sunday night at the outdoor Concord Pavilion, where Stevie Nicks was performing, and the two argued. The woman, who had a restraining order against her husband, reported him to police.By the time officers arrived, the man had taken a set of battery jumper cables and scaled a light pole in a parking lot, said police Sgt. Mike Gamble.

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