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Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:15 pm
by Bud Charniga's grape ape
http://news.kron4.com/news/breaking-act ... ound-dead/
Officials are investigating the death of actor and comedian Robin Williams. . . . Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:16 pm
by Fat Cat
RIP Mork
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:49 pm
by Kenny X
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:02 am
by TerryB
He was an amazingly talented dude.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:10 am
by baffled
Really bummed.
I think he was about as talented as it gets, between his comedic and dramatic successes.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:11 am
by kupp
Not to sound cold but why do people act surprised when someone famous commits suicide?
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:18 am
by WildGorillaMan
I have $20 on autoerotic asphyxiation.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:11 am
by Protobuilder
I can't come up with anybody who could do clean comedy & filthy jokes while nailing it in both comedies and dramas. Depression is a serious demon and it's a shame it got him.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:24 am
by Holland Oates
Phaedrus wrote:I can't come up with anybody who could do clean comedy & filthy jokes while nailing it in both comedies and dramas. Depression is a serious demon and it's a shame it got him.
Yep
It's a pain like no other.
RIP
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:30 am
by tough old man
I think I wore out the "Throbbing Python of Love" LP
And I was lucky enough to see him perform in San Francisco.
A true genius.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:45 am
by Grandpa's Spells
WildGorillaMan wrote:I have $20 on autoerotic asphyxiation.
Nah. He was an addict with recent relapses and a history of depression.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:09 am
by Bud Charniga's grape ape
kupp wrote:Not to sound cold but why do people act surprised when someone famous commits suicide?
I don't know that I'd say I'm surprised. As noted, he was an alcoholic and addict with a history of depression. But I do find it sad when anyone dies that way; I find it sad when anyone finds their life so filled with suffering that their best solution is to end it. I find it especially sad when it's someone so prodigiously talented (sidebar -- I wasn't in love with his work as a whole. Some of what he did was brilliant; I thought more of what he did, especially recently, was poorly-chosen at best. But even despite that...the man had
talent).
And, speaking as an alcoholic and addict with a history of depression...it scares the shit out of me.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:16 am
by Sangoma
It was his time. Obviously, in spite of fame and wealth something ate him inside. I enjoyed most of his movies.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:25 am
by Boris
It's very sad. I was never a huge fan of his comedy but I loved Aladdin, The Fisher King, Dead Poet's Society, and Good Will Hunting. Genius.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:12 am
by Blaidd Drwg
kupp wrote:Not to sound cold but why do people act surprised when someone famous commits suicide?
^^^
I can no longer pretend to give fuck. i'm more disappointed that I saw a junky in a rascal today outside the gym
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:20 am
by beefheart
Phaedrus wrote:Depression is a serious demon and it's a shame it got him.
Yep.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:07 am
by Mickey O'neil
RIP
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:25 am
by Gav
Well, that sucks.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:11 pm
by nafod
I wasn't super surprised when I heard the news. He always had an air of paddling just a wee too hard against a stream that I couldn't even see.
Liked to bike, and was a big Tour de France fan.
I bet he appreciated the irony of the fact that the cast of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is happier and more well-adjusted than he was. I can hear him commenting on it now. It'd have been a good comedy piece.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:26 pm
by dead man walking
nafod wrote:I bet he appreciated the irony of the fact that the cast of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is happier and more well-adjusted than he was.
astute observation and scary thought
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:56 pm
by Dan Martin
WildGorillaMan wrote:I have $20 on autoerotic asphyxiation.
Canadian or USD?
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:14 pm
by Andy83
Just announced. He hung himself.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:55 pm
by WildGorillaMan
Andy80 wrote:Just announced. He hung himself.
I still haven't been proven wrong.
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:04 pm
by Bud Charniga's grape ape
WildGorillaMan wrote:Andy80 wrote:Just announced. He hung himself.
I still haven't been proven wrong.
also found with him was a knife with blood on the blade; he had superficial wounds to the wrists. I suppose it's possible he was also into blood play...
Re: Robin Williams commits suicide
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:12 pm
by DrDonkeyLove
From AP
Authorities on Tuesday detailed how Robin Williams' took his life, saying the actor and comedian hanged himself with a belt in a bedroom of his San Francisco Bay Area home.
Marin County Sheriff's Lt. Keith Boyd said Williams was last seen alive by his wife Sunday night when she went to bed. She woke up the next morning and left, thinking he was still asleep elsewhere in the home.
Shortly after that, Williams' personal assistant came to the Tiburon home and became concerned when Williams failed to respond to knocks at a door. The assistant found the 63-year-old actor clothed and dead in a bedroom.
Boyd said all evidence indicates Williams, star of "Good Will Hunting," "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Good Morning, Vietnam" and dozens of other films, committed suicide by hanging himself. But he said a final ruling will be made once toxicology reports and interviews with witnesses are complete.
Did the deed while wife was sleeping in the same house. Somebody was in a hurry to check out.