View Full Version : Robin Williams dead at 63
Fr8monkey
08-11-14, 06:21 PM
Apparent suicide. RIP Mork. You will be missed!
Link to CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/showbiz/robin-williams-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
Sad to hear, a great man who passed away.
R.I.P
Task Force
08-11-14, 07:02 PM
I heard about this earlier, had to look at it a few times was kinda like "whaaa?".
RIP
Nippelspanner
08-11-14, 07:16 PM
I'm literally in shock.
I was shocked when the wife told me.
He spent his life laughing and making people laugh, and it ends like this.
Sometimes you don't really know what's going on behind a person's mask.
RIP.
AngusJS
08-11-14, 07:22 PM
RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc
Feuer Frei!
08-11-14, 07:25 PM
Depression is a terrible thing.
Didn't he also pay alimony for like 2 exes?
I think what he payed was huge.
He was on his 3rd marriage.
That can also take the wind out of someone's sails.
I must admit, it took me some time to warm to his style of humour but when i did, i enjoyed every minute of it.
He was a very gifted and talented comedian/actor.
His humour, for me, was natural, what i mean is, not forced or appearing to be just read off a piece of paper.
http://mypeacefulheart.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/robin-william-lonelyness.png
Fr8monkey
08-11-14, 07:37 PM
I confess I suffer from clinical depression. Unless you have it, you cant explain it. This hits home hard.
http://i.imgur.com/a9DgJSJ.jpg
I confess I suffer from clinical depression. Unless you have it, you cant explain it. This hits home hard.
Sadly, I relate to this entirely :(
darius359au
08-11-14, 08:57 PM
I confess I suffer from clinical depression. Unless you have it, you cant explain it. This hits home hard.
http://i.imgur.com/a9DgJSJ.jpg
Sadly, I relate to this entirely :(
Same here ,even with medication there are deep black moments!
The world is that bit emptier without Robin Williams R.I.P
Stealhead
08-11-14, 09:08 PM
I was shocked when the wife told me.
He spent his life laughing and making people laugh, and it ends like this.
Sometimes you don't really know what's going on behind a person's mask.
RIP.
I think we all wear a mask to some extent. For example except for a close friend or family most people wont mention that they are having a bad day.
Someone with clinical depresson or a person that is bipolar it is a strugle for them. My younger sister is bipolar and she had a lot a trouble for a long time and still dose to some extent.
I think also that Robin Williams has had trouble with drug abuse over the years as well.
You find quite often that the men who make us laugh the most are the saddest behind their mask.
A terrible, terrible shame, he made so many people laugh and smile, and for that we should be grateful.
Thank you Robin, and may you be at rest now.
Sad news that one of the funniest Americans ever conceived has now departed.
Lionclaw
08-12-14, 01:45 AM
No! :(
R.I.P.
Wolferz
08-12-14, 04:31 AM
Mork has returned to Ork.
Manic depression a frustrating mess.:down:
Skybird
08-12-14, 04:56 AM
Depression is an underhanded bitch.
Decent actor, I liked the gentle flair he gave to the characters he played, and their often silent humor.
HunterICX
08-12-14, 05:34 AM
Very sad news indeed :(
A performer that made me laugh when I needed it.
R.I.P Robin
BossMark
08-12-14, 05:38 AM
Very sad indeed RIP Robin
Betonov
08-12-14, 06:34 AM
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-10-04-DeadPoetsSociety1989CD2.avi_003839798.jpg
RIP
Von Tonner
08-12-14, 06:39 AM
RIP
“Do you think God gets stoned? I think so… look at the platypus.”
The late Robin Williams doing what he did best - making everyone laugh.
Jimbuna
08-12-14, 06:51 AM
Thanks for all the laughs over the years Robin
RIP
Shazbat
R.I.P.
Robin:nope:
Cheers
Gary
MadCowMoo
08-12-14, 07:35 AM
"You're only given one little spark of madness. You musn't lose it..."
A sad loss of a great man who could inspire so much in others through the power of laughter.
See you on the far side Rob.
Dread Knot
08-12-14, 07:56 AM
When he first appeared on the scene in the late 1970s there was nobody else quite like him - certainly nothing else on prime-time TV in that day was that manic or that meta, spitting out pop culture references like a gleeful machine gun. Modern day comedy owes him a lot.
RIP Robin.
http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/augment14/xwilliams.jpg.pagespeed.ic.FH15p3OebC.jpg
Feuer Frei!
08-12-14, 08:46 AM
https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/p526x296/10542678_685878164834013_5208980052285520572_o.jpg
Jimbuna
08-12-14, 09:00 AM
Manic depression a frustrating mess.:down:
Further proof that money isn't always a panacea for everything.
donna52522
08-12-14, 10:01 AM
Finally, Obama said something I agree with....
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/donna577/10547691_10152653823183812_539507433712109275_n_zp s8ee8ee0a.png (http://s1084.photobucket.com/user/donna577/media/10547691_10152653823183812_539507433712109275_n_zp s8ee8ee0a.png.html)
Armistead
08-12-14, 10:50 AM
He may have said it, but he didn't write it...
Schöneboom
08-12-14, 11:39 AM
Robin's suicide feels more like a personal loss. Though I didn't actually know him, I had the pleasure of working on his movie "Bicentennial Man" about 15 yrs. ago. Between takes Robin kept us all in stitches. His energy was off the scale, like a force of nature. That was one of the best days I ever had on a film set. I had no idea at the time how much he suffered. That seems to be a very common pattern with comedians.
That was one of the things I liked about Williams, he could switch from over the top hilarity to seriousness and be great at both. The last thing I saw him in was an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and that wasn't exactly a comedy series, but he was still absolutely fantastic.
Such a shame that behind that brilliance was such heartache.
You will be missed by a lot of people, Robin, but thank you.
vanjast
08-12-14, 12:40 PM
Couldn't believe it... He was a really funny guy.
Enjoyed every film I saw him in.
Cannot understand someone doing this.
I just want to live it up, there's so much to live for.
Feel sorry for the family!!
http://i.imgur.com/00ZKlRZ.jpg?1
Pappy55
08-12-14, 02:16 PM
This defiantly a shock to the system this morning at 4:30am before going to work..
So many of us suffer with depression.
I don't talk about mine at all. I never show it but inside I am empty and hurting. It's why I'm antisocial and play so many video games. I can escape reality a while. It's a constant feeling of thinking no one understands you.
Well... I said it I suffer too.
I'm just to embarrassed to go to counseling.
Herr-Berbunch
08-12-14, 02:28 PM
Celebrities who dabble at all with 'substances' I have very little time and thoughts for, and likewise suicide, but Robin Williams has just broken that mould.
Thoughts are with his wife and kids.
Red October1984
08-12-14, 06:35 PM
I was also in shock. I couldn't believe it. I was at a birthday party and somebody had mentioned it.
Sure enough.... One of my favorite actor/comedians ever. RIP.
I'll sure miss him.
Feuer Frei!
08-12-14, 06:42 PM
Prelim reports from the Coroner's office suggest death was caused by asphyxiation due to hanging.
He was found with acute, superficial cuts to his left wrist and a pocket knife was found next to him.
Toxicology reports won't be available for 2 to 6 weeks.
Platapus
08-12-14, 06:44 PM
RIP
“Do you think God gets stoned? I think so… look at the platypus.”
Hey! :stare::shifty:
Platapus
08-12-14, 06:44 PM
I hope he found the peace and freedom from pain that he was seeking.
This is without any doubt a great lost. it was with huge sadness I read this.
Throughout the day I have read about his movies but no one have mention two movies in which he acted superb
Bicentennial Man
and
Patch Adams
Markus
There has been a massive outpouring of comments and condolences fron the entertainment industry here in Hollywood. I have been watching the extensive coverage on local television and have yet to hear anyone say a negative thing about Robin Williams. There have been a number of interviews with people who knew or worked with him, some relationships spanning 30 or more years. Comedian/actor Christopher Titus spoke of how he had met and spoken with Robin over the years and had seen both the manic and quiet side of his life. He once performed at a benefit with Williams and said he was so awestruck at meeting Robin he began to excitedly tell him how much he admired him, etc. Robin stopped him and quietly said, "Please don't. I'm just like anybody else". Titus said he met Robin again at a later time and Robin was just quietly sitting in a green room. Robin almost always had a book or two with him; that time it was a volume on Einstein and a work by Camus...
There have also been stories of his generosity trowards the troops serving overseas in combat areas. He would do his routine as part of a larger show. After he finished, instead of going to a green room or hanging around with the other celebrities, he would quietly leave the performance site and go out seeking the soldiers who were unable to attend due to their duties. He would greet them and talk and joke with tem so they wouldn't feel left out. A veteran who was at William's star on the Hollywood Wlak of Fame today and who met Robin while serving in the Mideast said he was serving on guard duty when he felt an arm around his shoulders. He turned and pointed his weapon and realized it was Robin Williams. He said Robin threw up his hands and said, "Note to self - never startle a guy on guard duty with a loaded rifle!" When he made those personal visits, there was no fanfare, no cameras, just one decent human being caring for another...
A fellow comedian spoke of a performance he did with Robin at a school in South Central Los Angeles, an inner city area. The auditorium they were in was old and lacked air conditioning. It was very hot and uncomfortable, both for the about 200 students in attendance and the performers. A while after doing the show, the comedian received a call from the principal to thank him for appearing at the school. The principal also told him that Robin had come back to the school after the performance and had donated an air conditioning system to help out the school. The principal said Robin had asked him not to tell anyone about his gift, but the principal felt at least one other person should know about the gesture...
Someone whose name I didn't catch said this about Robin: "He could make everyone laugh, except himself."...
RIP, Robin, and if smiles, laughs, warmth and generosity are credits in the afterlife, you have a very large account, indeed...
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Feuer Frei!
08-12-14, 06:59 PM
two movies in which he acted superb
Bicentennial Man
and
Patch Adams
He was great in pretty much all of his movies.
Have you seen Awakenings?
With Robert de Niro?
Brilliant. Very emotional moments in that film. For me.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/
He was great in pretty much all of his movies.
Have you seen Awakenings?
With Robert de Niro?
Brilliant. Very emotional moments in that film. For me.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/
I have indeed seen that movie a great play
I have seen almost every movie with Robin. There's only one I really didn't like Mrs Doubtfire.
I have no favorite as such I think that he played well in most of his movies, as you also mentioned.
Markus
Schöneboom
08-13-14, 02:04 AM
@ Pappy55, I know exactly what that is like. All of us need a reason to get out of bed. Some of us need a reason not to kill ourselves. Poor Robin couldn't find one that last night of his life.
People are discussing depression a bit more now; perhaps that's the one good thing to come out of this tragedy. I strongly suspect the ultimate causes are not purely materialistic, i.e. brain chemistry, but intricately bound up with the world we live in, on multiple levels.
It reminds me of Morpheus explaining The Matrix to Neo: "What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad."
u crank
08-13-14, 04:46 AM
People are discussing depression a bit more now; perhaps that's the one good thing to come out of this tragedy.
Very good point.
Thanks for the laughs Robin.
R.I.P.
Jimbuna
08-13-14, 06:38 AM
On UK news channels last night the topic of discussion was turning toward the critisicm around the level of details being released about the death prior to official reports being released.
There seems to be no depth too low for some idiots out in the world. Robin's daughter is dealing with a very disconcerting situation:
https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/zelda-williams-quits-social-media-in-wake-of-father-s-death-150000165.html
I liked her comment about the birds and the cars; makes me wish elephants could fly...
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Jimbuna
08-14-14, 07:06 AM
A beautiful and fitting tribute:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=710765725657226
Mr Quatro
08-14-14, 04:12 PM
I blame Hollywood for not having better musicals like Oklahoma, Music Man, etc to keep your feet dancing ... :yep:
Depression is real
Robin needed the love he has now ...
Dread Knot
08-14-14, 04:20 PM
They're now saying the onset of Parkinson's Disease may have had something to do with his suicide decision.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28796277
I suspect we'll be hearing an opinion from Michael J. Fox soon.
Jimbuna
08-15-14, 09:29 AM
http://s29.postimg.org/frs83qvqv/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
Like so many before have said :cool:
Platapus
08-15-14, 03:53 PM
They're now saying the onset of Parkinson's Disease may have had something to do with his suicide decision.
It may have been the cereal stalk that fractured the ungulate's vertebra. :yep:
The mental anguish of Parkinson's Disease may, for some people, be far in excess of the physical anguish.
Dmitry Markov
08-16-14, 01:11 AM
RIP Mr. Williams
Cybermat47
08-16-14, 04:41 AM
This is without any doubt a great lost. it was with huge sadness I read this.
Throughout the day I have read about his movies but no one have mention two movies in which he acted superb
Bicentennial Man
and
Patch Adams
Markus
I wouldn't call Patch Adams a good movie. I mean, it was based on the real life of Patch Adams... and Patch Adams hated the film.
Still, Robin Williams was pretty good in Patch Adams. He was a great actor, and will be missed. I only became aware of him through comedic reviews of his bad movies (especially Patch Adams), but then I realise that I'd been watching movies he was in for ages!
Hopefully his death will raise awareness of depression. I had it recently (and it was bad enough to make me make several suicide attempts), and it's not nice to go through.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Williams :(
Feuer Frei!
08-16-14, 06:05 AM
I had it recently Correct me if i'm wrong and i'm certainly not trying to be argumentative in this thread because of bad taste but they tell me depression is never really overcome. You can't cure depression, there are 'outlets' like gaming or hobbies to take a person's mind off depression, Robin was an avid gamer (Legend of Zelda, World of Warcraft), and then of course you have medication.
Depression is always 'there', but it's how you 'cope' with it. Sometimes there are good moments or time periods, and then there are bad stretches.
But it never completely goes away.
(and it was bad enough to make me make several suicide attempts), and it's not nice to go through
Sorry to hear it.
Chin up, good sir. Surround yourself with positive people, a good support base and partake in good 'outlets' :salute:
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