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Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 11 Aug 2014 | Kimberly Nordyke

Posted on 08/11/2014 4:00:46 PM PDT by mandaladon

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams has died at age 63, according to police in Marin County, Calif.

The full statement is below.

On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 a.m, Marin County Communications

received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious

and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff’s

Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and

Southern Marin Fire Protection

District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at

12:00 pm. The male subject, pronounced deceased at

12:02 pm has been identified as

Robin McLaurin Williams, a 63 year old resident of

unincorporated Tiburon, CA.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: depression; drugabuse; drugs; hollywood; mork; nanoonanoo; obituaries; obituary; rehab; robinwilliams; suicide; williams
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To: luvbach1
I always think of Suicide as a "feel sorry for me" attention grab.
Jumping in a wood chipper on a burning boat 100-miles out to sea
wouldn't be selfish imo. Just gone.
121 posted on 08/11/2014 4:32:39 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: mandaladon

I wonder if the last thing he said was “Gasp, Gasp, gurgle”.

(Play on a joke he told about his grandfather’s last words).

Just sad....


122 posted on 08/11/2014 4:33:09 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: KC Burke

I have to respectfully disagree. When I was going through a horrible depression my shrink would encourage me to go to mass like it was an AA meeting. Perhaps it was a tool she used because it held a place in my family history...a foundation that was familiar.

Others mileage might vary, of course.

Depression—real dark depression, is not cured by a pat on the back and a “buck up” speech.

I am so grateful for my family and wife who helped me from that hole.

That abyss can be alluring if you listen to it.


123 posted on 08/11/2014 4:33:19 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: dfwgator
He made me laugh, and that’s good enough for me.

One thing that is sad but is true, drugs can drive outrageously good talent.

Robin Williams was never funnier than when he was in the middle of his cocaine addiction.

Though he remained quite funny after he quit his "muse" ("Cocaine is God's little way of telling you you make too much money") the cocaine fueled rants were unbelievable.

124 posted on 08/11/2014 4:33:31 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: mandaladon

Great Talent and Nuts, a true Comedic Combo.

I wonder if he was allowed to own any Firearms.


125 posted on 08/11/2014 4:33:39 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Things can always be worse and the Democrat Party is here to prove it.)
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To: luvbach1

Yeah, but you’re not bipolar. I believe he also suffered from adhd.

CC


126 posted on 08/11/2014 4:34:11 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

“I pray he cried out to the Lord before it was too late.”

The Lord I believe in would have welcomed him home, anyway. Jesus loves us, even if we stray.


127 posted on 08/11/2014 4:34:18 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: mandaladon

An angry man in spite of all the laughter - caught up with him finally - RIP.....


128 posted on 08/11/2014 4:34:32 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: AppyPappy

>> “He and Jonathan Winters” <<

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Jonathan Winters is a Christian, and a conservative, so he cannot be grouped with Williams who was neither.
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If you ever listen to Winters off stage, he is a fabulous guy.


129 posted on 08/11/2014 4:34:38 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: dfwgator
I gave him a pass on his politics for the most part....he did go on tours with the USO for the troops.

Yup. Here's a clip from when his USO show was interrupted by the bugle playing "Retreat" when the flag was lowered.

130 posted on 08/11/2014 4:35:21 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: mandaladon
My favorite movie of his was the tragic-comedy "Moscow on the Hudson" showing the eternal sorrow of forced emigres who are divorced from their homes. The facts are that depression is very hard to handle and when you add dependencies to that it becomes so much worse! I am reminded that the traditional symbol of acting is the 2 masks of laughter and sorrow.

I am crying now but it is for his grieving family, the death, if it is suicide, is all too painful. Please use this to make every effort to help those tempted by that vicious death, its Impact on the family is devastating in generating guilt.

131 posted on 08/11/2014 4:35:39 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: dfwgator
I suspect when Jonathan Winters passed, he lost his mentor, and the one person who understood him.

I'm sure the two of them are sharing the Tonight Show bill tonight, entertaining Johnny and the audience.

132 posted on 08/11/2014 4:36:24 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: eddie willers

Don’t forget Anita Bryant.

CC


133 posted on 08/11/2014 4:36:29 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

That was harsh.


134 posted on 08/11/2014 4:36:53 PM PDT by cblue55 ("Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants,")
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To: mandaladon; All

Pray for his family.

Pray for the protection of the innocents being slaughtered in Iraq.

Pray for the babies being slaughtered in America, ripped from their mother's wombs...pray for the mothers to repent.

Pray for our leaders to turn their hearts to God.

Pray for our churches to repent--the people in the pews and the people in the pulpits!

This high profile death ought to remind us all of the brevity of life and drive us to acknowledge our desperate need of God.

135 posted on 08/11/2014 4:36:58 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: RedMonqey
Suicide due to asphyxia?

Sounds like hanging to me. Not at all uncommon in suicides.

136 posted on 08/11/2014 4:37:11 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
A friend of mine had Bi-Polar, committed suicide by jumping to her death!

I will pray for you and her too. My daughter was diagnosed. She goes from manically happy for a few hours, to lonely and depressed as if a switch was flipped. Every month we don't have a hospital stay is a small success.

I always felt like I saw that in Williams' routines. Long before I knew anything about it. He always seemed "manic". As a kid I just figured it was coke.
137 posted on 08/11/2014 4:37:17 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: MaxMax
Jumping in a wood chipper on a burning boat 100-miles out to sea wouldn't be selfish...

It would be imaginative.

138 posted on 08/11/2014 4:37:54 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: trisham

Those that commit suicide do have a ticket to hell.

One must endure to the end to have a shot at Yehova’s rest. That is what his son told us in Matthew 24.


139 posted on 08/11/2014 4:38:18 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Charles Martel

That is an interesting mental image... as soon as they die they walk through a curtain and are on stage with johnny Carson, bright lights and can’t see any audience....


140 posted on 08/11/2014 4:38:32 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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