Robin Williams dead at 63

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Just very recently saw an episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway featuring him.

So tragic that someone so full of laughter like that could actually be depressed enough to kill himself...

Legit shock.
 
I seriously can't believe this is happening. What a legend this man was. Massive part of my childhood right there. Way, way too early for him to go.
 
Damn, this sucks, he was a large part of my childhood. A legend has fallen. R.I.P. Mr. Williams.

Damn, I really devastated by this news
 
I've lived in San Francisco my entire life, and every Halloween my friends and I would head down to his place at Sea Cliff, because he would hand out king size candy bars to the kids. He also donated a huge sound system to my middle school. He was a really cool guy, and I feel really bad for his kids, because they're my age and suicide is just the worst.
 
This is incredibly sad news and I didn't believe it when my wife first told me a little while ago.

I already always had a tough time watching What Dreams May Come, but this is going to make it so much tougher now even though I love that movie.
 
Man RIP :(

In high school my friends and I used to watch his stand up specials on repeat. And of course he was in so many legendary movies of my childhood. My heart aches.
 
Damn this is unbelievable, especially knowing it was suicide. Robin was one of my favorites growing up since his energy was just crazy. (Which was one of the reasons why One Hour Photo was such a good movie, since it was so different for him)
 
I saw this thread and two things popped into my head. One, it's someone else named Robin Williams and the OP is being clever. Two, it's a hoax because it's impossible that someone like that could be dead. Then I click. I see that it's the real Robin Williams and think hoax please. Hoax please. I scroll and scroll looking for confirmation that it's a hoax by some asshole. All I got was confirmation of death. I keep wondering about the cause. Some disease he didn't know about. A car accident. Anything. Anything but suicide. Never in a million years would I think someone who spent his life making people laugh would be filled with sadness. Depression is a terrible thing. It can take a happy go lucky person like Robin Williams and tear them down enough that they don't want to live. He had a loving wife and a daughter he treasured. If you're depressed, seek help. It's a shame. A real shame. You never see these things coming as an outsider. People have a tendency to hide their depression. So it hits people even harder when they're suddenly dead unexpectedly.

Rest in peace.
 
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RIP robin
Ugh, just saw this not too Long ago. :(
 
My heart is broken.

This hurts me greatly. I am consumed by nostalgia from all stages of my youth where his humor brought me to tears. I truly hope he is resting peacefully.

He will never be forgotten.
 
it's hard to put into words the way this feels. he was getting older. he was going to die eventually. i knew that he had bipolar disorder and battled depression. that he died because of depression shouldn't be such a shock, but it still is.

robin williams was always a sort of hero figure to me. when i was a kid, i looked up to him and thought he was the funniest person alive. even into the seventh grade, i listed him as one of the people i admired most (surprising my mother, who wondered why she wasn't on the list). even if he wasn't always able to make people laugh when he was trying to be funny, be it stuff like jumanji or weird comedy-dramas like patch adams and jack, i always admired the passion and energy. just the drive he had to put as much of himself behind his roles, to entertain, it was all very admirable. even as an adult, when i was sometimes annoyed by his 'sthick' (the high pitched voices, bad rapper voice, and occasional utter nonsense), it was always good to see him getting more work, be it something like world's greatest dad, a commercial for a zelda game, or even a cbs television show. if he was a part of something, it was a way of knowing that even if it was bad, it would be elevated by just him being there.

that's a pretty insane degree of idol worship, but i did view him as sort of a legend. he seemed bigger than life, and in my eyes, a center of comedy. it makes me believe that he really was a warm and kind man outside of his celebrity life. i don't know what he was like when he was in pain, but i hope he has found peace now.
 
Man...for some reason this is hitting me REALLY hard.

I think partly because I always loved his work and watched a lot of his stuff with my best bud(who also committed suicide).

Hoffman's death was bad enough, but this...uggggggh.

To top it off: I was just thinking the other day about his movies and how I hadn't re-watched some of his finer stuff lately.

damn damn damn damn damn

RIP
 
Heard about this in class, absolutely crushed me. My condolences to his family, he was amazing and I will always think of the Genie and that commercial of him and Zelda for OoT3D. Always had such an infectious smile and energy.
 
So sad. Normally news of celeb deaths doesn't effect me that much but this one made me really sad. So many childhood memories cos of him

Same here.

I'm choking back the tears as I type this. I just feel empty, just numb. I never met him, but I grew up with him and if he wasn't my favorite comedian, he's top 3.

RIP Mr. Williams.
 
Any idea if he was maybe suffering from a terminal illness and chose to go out his own way? Just really out of the blue here.

To be completely honest, I was never a huge fan of the guy after I found out that he was a well known joke thief but loved him in Good Will Hunting.
 
Man...for some reason this is hitting me REALLY hard.

I think partly because I always loved his work and watched a lot of his stuff with my best bud(who also committed suicide).

Hoffman's death was bad enough, but this...uggggggh.

To top it off: I was just thinking the other day about his movies and how I hadn't re-watched some of his finer stuff lately.

damn damn damn damn damn

RIP

Hoffman? Dustin Hoffman?
 
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