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Robin Williams dead of suspected suicide: Are comedians more plagued by depression than other stars?
FoxNews.com ^ | August 12, 2014 | Hollie McKay

Posted on 08/12/2014 7:32:31 AM PDT by Biggirl

LOS ANGELES – They earn their living by making the masses laugh, but experts say comedians are all too often masking intense sadness behind those smiles.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: alcoholabuse; cocaine; comedians; depression; mentalillness; robinwilliams; suicide; williams
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To: Biggirl
Gooood Morning Vi-et naaaaaam! Hey, this is not a test, this is rock and roll. Time to rock it from the Delta to the DMZ. Is that me or does that sound like an Elvis Presley movie? Viva Da Nang, (sings) Oh Viva Da Nang, Dan Nang me, Da Nang me, went out to get a rope and hang me...
81 posted on 08/12/2014 11:40:10 AM PDT by j_guru
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To: sneakers

Bob Hope, Jack Benny, George Burns and his very very talented wife, Gracie, become famous after years on a grueling traveling circuit. They all were funny without swearing.

Remember Jack Benny’s “Your money or your life! I’m thinking.” routine. It’s very funny.

Or Gracie’s, “Say Goodnight, Gracie.” routine.


82 posted on 08/12/2014 11:47:02 AM PDT by jayrunner
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To: sneakers

You left out Red Skeleton. He loved to laugh and loved to make people laugh.


83 posted on 08/12/2014 11:48:02 AM PDT by my right
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To: Biggirl

Clinging to such a cynical political philosophy that is liberalism certainly doesn’t help when you have depression.

He should have taken the hint from his pal Jonathan Winters.


84 posted on 08/12/2014 11:52:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: warsaw44

Robin Williams went to the Shriner’s and SF General’s Children Hospital every Christmas to entertain the children. He wanted no publicity or money. Just his way of sharing his gift of making people laugh.

He and Cuba Gooding Jr. starred in “What Dreams May Come,” It deals with suicide and is very dark.

After I saw it, I sat stunned and overwhelmed with the intensity of emotions. Maybe he was asking for help or trying to explain depression and suicide.

RIP Mr. Williams. You are sorely missed!


85 posted on 08/12/2014 11:53:48 AM PDT by jayrunner
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To: goodnesswins

“Yes...it is reported he hung himself”

Aw, the poor Liberals don’t even have a gun to blame.


86 posted on 08/12/2014 12:02:43 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (went all-out Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: PATRIOT1876

SHAZZ-”ZOT”! ;)


87 posted on 08/12/2014 12:05:20 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Springfield Reformer

A lady had a poster on her wall where I worked back in 1983. It said, this:

The truth shall set you free. But first it will make you sick.

It’s stuck with me to this day. Ignorance can be bliss.


88 posted on 08/12/2014 12:06:44 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: longfellow

So, you’re illiterate and full of shit. Got it.


89 posted on 08/12/2014 12:08:09 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: my right

How could I forget Red! I remember loving his show when I was a kid! The really good ones are gone. :-(


90 posted on 08/12/2014 2:09:41 PM PDT by sneakers
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To: Biggirl
Reminds me of these verses in the book of Proverbs...

Prov 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Robin Williams gained the whole world...but seems to have lost his soul... ;(
91 posted on 08/12/2014 3:32:55 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Bigg Red
My condolences for your loss.
I hope you and your loved one will meet again, with The Lord, on the other side of the Jordan river...
92 posted on 08/12/2014 8:15:57 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Biggirl

Guess we’ll have to outlaw comedy.


93 posted on 08/12/2014 9:10:38 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: El Cid

Thank you, FRiend.


94 posted on 08/12/2014 11:09:21 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: goodnesswins

I understand. Thanks for clarifying.


95 posted on 08/13/2014 4:50:28 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: Plummz

Wow calm down ya vicious little pos.

If robin killed someone it would be murder. Therefore he murdered himself.


96 posted on 08/13/2014 5:34:28 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: longfellow

I’m quite calm. You’re still a moron and still full of shit.


97 posted on 08/15/2014 9:13:05 AM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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