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Location: In a happy place | I just saw a Yahoo special bulletin saying that Robin Williams was found dead and was a suspected suicide. |
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Location: In a happy place | rodeomom3 - 2014-08-11 6:23 PM He was sooo funny. I read he suffered from depression.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Oh my God, No I hate hearing this..... |
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Location: where the wind blows | It seems so often that some of the funniest people carry the most inner pain. So very sad. |
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| The article I read said death by asphyxiation suspected suicide...meaning he hung himself? So hard to believe and so sad. Apparently he struggled with both depression and substance abuse throughout his life. So often we hear this with comedians which makes me think of the song, "Tears of a Clown." Often the biggest smiles come from those that are hurting the most. RIP Robin. |
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Location: Texas | Oh no... I loved him. He was a talented comedian and actor. RIP Robin I pray you found peace on the other side. |
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Location: Red Raiderland | He was one of the great ones.  |
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Location: Midwest | Very sad. I loved him when I was a kid (he was in Aladdin), and much more once I was older in some of his other projects.
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Location: In the wrong place at the wrong time | So sad. Thanks for all the laughs. R I P Robin Williams. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Terrible loss. He was brilliant. He made us all laugh for decades. So many great movies and stand up routines. What a gifted man. Not only was he an incredibly talented man, but some of his best work was in serious roles like "Dead Poet's Society". |
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Location: SE Louisiana | HotbearLVR - 2014-08-11 8:43 PM
Terrible loss. He was brilliant. He made us all laugh for decades. So many great movies and stand up routines. What a gifted man. Not only was he an incredibly talented man, but some of his best work was in serious roles like "Dead Poet's Society".
A wonderful piece of work that was.. as was Awakenings ... He First caught my attention in Good Morning Vietnam.. Few people in this world caused me to laugh and enjoy life as much as this great , talented man... He will be missed by many. |
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Location: CTX | Such a loss. I actually had the honor of meeting him while I was deployed. And he was such a nice, down to earth and friendly person. He truly was interested in us. We were having a late diner in the defac, and he was there too, he sad down with us and we talked for about 20 mins. I remember a friend getting a phone call from our base back home and he told the other guy, "you never believe who is sitting at our table" well of course he didn't believe it, so Robin grabbed the phone and started talking to the guy. We had to email pics and only after he saw those he believed he talked to Robin. Later that evening Robin performed on stage for the troops. Totally awesome!
The world got a little darker in my opinion with his passing.
RIP Robin, hopefully you now have the peace and quiet you longed for.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I still can't get over it....hasn't quite sunk in. It's hard to think of a more tragic loss, at least in recent years, when it comes to celebrities. So many great works. He just could spontaneously make people laugh at almost anything. He was fantastic in movies like Good Morning VietNam and Ms Doubtfire. Gosh, what about Good Will Hunting? Now I just want to sit down and watch his movies. |
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| This hits hard. I wonder what it must be like to spend so much time being someone else and people ask you constantly about roles that you played that weren't you. I wonder if he just wanted someone to care about him and not the fame. Okay, I'm rambling but the sheer magnitude of sadness it must take in order to do this, overwhelms me. RIP...I pray you found peace. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | He was such a wonderful man, dont even know him but I feel like I do, hes been in my life for as long as I can remember, I will never forget the first time I saw him on Mork and Mindy.. I was in awwwwww watching him. R.I.P. Robin we will forever miss you.
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| I feel for his family all their unanswered questions and what if? i don/t understand sucide. yes he was funny and i enjoyed him never know what they go thru
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| I loved him in Dead Poets Society, especially the last scene. So sorry to hear he is gone.
If anyone cared to see, here is the last scene from Dead Poets Society, and a farewell to a great actor.
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Location: Kansas | I'll never forget a scene in Mork and Mindy where they tried to give each other a big kiss while they were both grinning. Their front teeth clashed so loud you could hear the big click. Both of them cracked up but what I thought would have been an out-take was left in and it was soooooo funny to watch. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | I thought someone once told me he suffered from manic depressive. I could be wrong on that. I believe a lot of really engaging actors and comedians do suffer from this; its one of the things that makes them so good. They can go sooo high and take us with them. Unfortunately, once they are alone they generally tend to fall pretty hard. A lot of them struggle with destructive behaviors like drug addiction and alcoholism too. It's soo sad.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | slowrunnin - 2014-08-12 8:52 AM
I loved him in Dead Poets Society, especially the last scene. So sorry to hear he is gone.
If anyone cared to see, here is the last scene from Dead Poets Society, and a farewell to a great actor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lREv55MY5E
I agree. I suppose the reason why some of his best work was playing serious roles, because that just came natural to him. I would imagine that those roles came close to being a reflection of his true inner persona. He was different than most other comedians in this way, I think. "Tears of a Clown" will be playing in my head for a few days, no doubt. This hit me hard. I hope that his death won't be in vain and it will go a long ways toward a renewed focus on just how devastating and far reaching serious depression can be. Just throwing a random drug at it isn't the answer, yet that's what happens all too often......this is one of the potential consequences. I think serious depression is in adequately treated.....often by people who have no business treating it. Just my personal opinion. |
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Location: Washington | Still trying to wake up from this nightmare....He is/was one of my favorites, and he was our modern day Bob Hope with our troops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD9QAAEfQEA&feature=youtu.be
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Location: Memphis, TN | Not only was he a big supporter of our troops but he also loved the kids of St. Jude. This is a picture from about 10 years ago of him here in Memphis. My cousin is the little girl without hair on the left, my aunt is the lady with a shaved head, and on the far right in the yellow shirt is my other cousin.
The biggest thing you will hear about Robin Williams is that he LOVED everyone. He genuinely cared about every person he met. What a legacy to leave.
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Location: Broxton, Ga | oija - 2014-08-11 10:09 AM I thought someone once told me he suffered from manic depressive. I could be wrong on that. I believe a lot of really engaging actors and comedians do suffer from this; its one of the things that makes them so good. They can go sooo high and take us with them. Unfortunately, once they are alone they generally tend to fall pretty hard. A lot of them struggle with destructive behaviors like drug addiction and alcoholism too. It's soo sad. No doubt he was an incredibly talented man and we will all miss his wit and talent.
Yes he did........also cocaine addiction.......over the years which he talked about.........some were just saying on the news money issues as well.... |
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Location: Kansas | oija - 2014-08-12 9:09 AM I thought someone once told me he suffered from manic depressive. I could be wrong on that. I believe a lot of really engaging actors and comedians do suffer from this; its one of the things that makes them so good. They can go sooo high and take us with them. Unfortunately, once they are alone they generally tend to fall pretty hard. A lot of them struggle with destructive behaviors like drug addiction and alcoholism too. It's soo sad. No doubt he was an incredibly talented man and we will all miss his wit and talent.
Steve Martin is a victim of depression also.
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Location: SE Louisiana | barrelracr131 - 2014-08-12 11:49 AM
Legit the best/most sad tribute I have seen yet.
A lot of the stuff he did in that movie was off-the-cuff improvisation... Something he excelled at of course.. His inspiration and hero was Johnathon Winters... Who just died last year... Here they are together on a short 60 minutes clip...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJjq0Pd0RM
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Location: SE Louisiana | You know... Dreamworks bought the movie rights to 'A Dog's Purpose"... I believe with this man's death they missed out on the perfect voice for this dog as it traveled from life to life searching for it's reason for being.. He could even have done the voice of the only female it was born into.. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | So versatile.. I have STILL not see all of his work..
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Location: Flat Rock,IL | So sad. Just herd this on the radio, coming up to the hospital today. Hard to believe this, that he is gone. Prayers to his family. |
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| cranky B4 10am - 2014-08-11 8:30 PM Such a loss. I actually had the honor of meeting him while I was deployed. And he was such a nice, down to earth and friendly person. He truly was interested in us. We were having a late diner in the defac, and he was there too, he sad down with us and we talked for about 20 mins. I remember a friend getting a phone call from our base back home and he told the other guy, "you never believe who is sitting at our table" well of course he didn't believe it, so Robin grabbed the phone and started talking to the guy. We had to email pics and only after he saw those he believed he talked to Robin. Later that evening Robin performed on stage for the troops. Totally awesome!
The world got a little darker in my opinion with his passing.
RIP Robin, hopefully you now have the peace and quiet you longed for.
I loved reading your story about him. I've heard that an alcoholic who goes straight for a number of years and then goes back to the booze has a very slim chance of living- seems that this is what did him in- and I don't blame him. It's taken lots of others down as well- |
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Location: SE Louisiana | And today Lauren Bacall has passed away.. :/ |
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Location: Red Raiderland | One of the most memorable movies that RW was in called "What Dreams My Come", which dealt with the after life and suicide. The movie came out very close to that day that my best friend had committed suicide-1998. I had never gone to the movies by myself but my pain that day was unbearable and I just had to be alone. I sat in the very back and just cried my heart out. In another sense it was so cathartic. I plan on pulling out this movie that I have not seen in several years and remember my bestest friend and Robin.   May they both rest in peace. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Kaycee - 2014-08-13 12:26 AM
One of the most memorable movies that RW was in called "What Dreams My Come", which dealt with the after life and suicide. The movie came out very close to that day that my best friend had committed suicide-1998. I had never gone to the movies by myself but my pain that day was unbearable and I just had to be alone. I sat in the very back and just cried my heart out. In another sense it was so cathartic. I plan on pulling out this movie that I have not seen in several years and remember my bestest friend and Robin. May they both rest in peace.
Robin Williams... as a robot in Bicentennial Man was, in court, denied the right to be called Human because he was immortal due to his positronic brain. Then appearing back in the same court many years later after having himself modified to grow old and die, he was granted a place in humanity and had his marriage to the woman he loved declared valid.
I find it ironic that after seeking death on his own terms he will remain immortal due to his lifetime of outstanding work. |
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Location: Midwest | http://thedailybanter.com/2014/08/norm-macdonald-may-just-written-best-tribute-robin-williams-yet/ This is sad, but beautiful. He certainly touched many lives. |
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Location: California | in the '80s. I'm dancing at the City Disco in San Francisco off of Broadway. There he is staring at us a few feet away. He was hiding between the pillar and a potted plant in the dark. I asked him why was he hiding and he just looked at me with this manic grin. My friend Cindy asked for his autograph and he obliged. She then asked him to dance. So here he is dancing next to me and I'm not exaggerating when I say he was the worst I had ever seen. It was crazy dancing. I didn't know if he was high or just nuts. Super nice guy but it was just weird how he was hiding and staring. Reminded me of a kid who had no friends and watching other kids play. He was way too young to leave. I am still shocked but not surprised. Poor guy. He gave so much and was so kind. A tragic loss. |
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Location: Midwest | Because I love Lewis Black, I will post this as well. Lewis and Robin did several USO tours together and became friends.
Lewis Black Remembers Robin Williams: He Was “On Another Level”
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Williams was as smart as he was funny, the comic says
Contrary to popular belief, Robin Williams, who died Monday at the age of 63, wasn’t “always on” and going a mile a minute. But comedian Lewis Black says Williams’ ability to jump from one topic to another was unparalleled among his peers. Here, Black remembers Williams as an endlessly giving and energetic person:
“I had met him before, but I really got to know him when we went on two USO [United Service Organization] tours together [in the late 2000s], and spent time with him on the film Man of the Year.
The first thing was: I got on a plane with him, and he was reading a book which was a history of Iraq. He sat there and talked about it for 35 minutes, going through the history of Iraq with us. That’s astonishing. I thought, this guy is kind of brilliant. He was a really bright guy who may have had a photographic memory.
[Trying to figure out how he does what he does] is like standing in front of a hurricane and going, gee, I wonder how that happened.
He wasn’t someone who was always on. It’s very much a misconception.
There were jokes of his that made me laugh hard, but it was the going from one thing to another, making those connections. It’s like how you watch an improv group take suggestions. It was like Robin had the most brilliant audience inside his head throwing out suggestions, because he would put combinations together that were just crazy. And how he could work out of the moment. That working out of the moment is a gift, but he did it on another level.
[On the USO tours], the amount of energy he brought when we would get off of a helicopter and walk towards the troops — the amount of energy he gave to them was unbelievable. It was really incredible to be in that kind of giving presence. I was exhausted. We’re going from place to place, he can’t give enough to them, and I’m trying to think, ‘Where can I take a nap?’ It was inspiring. Wherever we’d land, until the point where we would leave, he’d be talking to them — and not just going off, but being straight with them. I adored him. If you look at the outpouring that’s gone on, that someone of his stature would come to see them was kind of amazing to them.
It’s proof again that the good die young, and pricks live forever. He’s gonna be missed. There’s a hole, and it’s gonna take a long time to be filled.” |
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Location: Washington | Robin Williams wife has come out and said that Robin had been diagnosed with Parkinson.....
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | fatchance - 2014-08-14 6:20 PM Robin Williams wife has come out and said that Robin had been diagnosed with Parkinson.....
It keeps getting sadder.
I heard this too, so so sad for him. He was such a Phenomenal man...
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