[RansomOttawa]

Cause of death listed as asphyxia. How do you kill yourself with asphyxia? I thought someone had to hold a pillow over your face or something like that.

Did you never wonder why large plastic bags have warnings on them to keep them away from children?

There's more than one way to cut off your oxygen. Suffocating yourself with car exhaust is asphyxiation.

[tanknetter]

There's more than one way to cut off your oxygen. Suffocating yourself with car exhaust is asphyxiation.

David Carradine died of self-asphyxiation too. But his was of the autoerotic variety. I'm assuming that Williams was just a straight suicide, not a botched autoerotic experience, but being Hollywood and given his prominence and connections we'll probably never know for sure.