Robin Williams dead at 63

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Reading through that AMA, I'd completely forgotten he did The Birdcage as well. I'm going to be remembering a LOT of stuff over the next few days that I'd completely forgotten about :(
 
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I actually forgot how much amazing stuff he did... which makes it even more sad as I look back.

In fact, I just recalled his captivating performance in Good Will Hunting. I can't believe he's gone...
 
I was in line at a Starbucks getting coffee for myself and a bad date when I overhead someone else behind me mention in, and got three/texts from three different friends simultaneously. A bad evening turned terrible.

Insult to injury? The young lady was rather insensitive and flippant about "one more unimportant celebrity death", despite me being visibly upset.

Anyway, gonna be marathoning some of his movies and stand up with friends soon. Guy was such a big part of my childhood, still can't believe he's gone.
 
Suicide is so heartbreaking. Knowing that he felt so alone even though millions were affected by his work just makes me wanna cry.
 
RIP. This came out of nowhere. Can't believe I almost forgot his great performance as the Genie until someone posted the pic a few posts back.
 
This gentlemen has blessed me and my family with his movies.

In remembrance of Robin GAF should call and text our loved ones and just remind them if they ever need someone to talk to that they do.


Rest in Paradise Robin Williams
 
I don't really get how someone so successful with own family could be depressed enough to commit suicide. I have a history with depression (tried to kill myself too), so I know the feeling and how death seems like the only option. Has he ever revealed why he was depressed?


RIP
 
Very sad. News was breaking while I was waiting for admittance for my colonoscopy op. Grew up loving him in Hook and Jumanji, and my favourite role of his was in Good Will Hunting.

A sad day.
 
Here's a list of the projects that he left behind. Some of them complete and other only in script.
Always game to entertain children, Williams reprised his role as Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which he already wrapped shooting and Fox is set to release on Dec. 19, allowing audiences to enjoy his comic gifts over the holidays.

Williams also stars in the holiday comedy Merry Friggin’ Christmas, which Phase 4 Films plans to release in the U.S. on Nov. 7. Universal Pictures International is distributing overseas. The film co-stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Lauren Graham, Joel McHale, Candice Bergen, Jeffrey Tambor, Oliver Platt, Clark Duke, Tim Heidecker and Pierce Gagnon.

The Aladdin star also provided the voice of Dennis the Dog in Absolutely Anything, which features Simon Pegg and Kate Beckinsale in live-action roles, and is slated for release next year.

Also read: Hollywood Expresses Shock, Grief and Love Over Robin Williams’ Death

20th Century Fox had also been developing a sequel to Williams’ 1993 hit Mrs. Doubtfire, though the actor had yet to read a script.

Williams had been attached to star opposite Oliver Cooper (Project X) in the indie movie A Film By Alan Stuart Eisner, though the film was not especially close to starting production.
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https://www.yahoo.com/movies/robin-williams-leaves-behind-four-movies-including-94488476787.html
 
TheDanger said:
I don't really get how someone so successful with own family could be depressed enough to commit suicide. I have a history with depression (tried to kill myself too), so I know the feeling and how death seems like the only option. Has he ever revealed why he was depressed?


RIP
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Depression comes in many forms, and being successful in life isn't enough sometimes.
 
I've read thru most of this thread and I'm absolutely exhausted.

I just hope that when it's time for me to go be dead, that I can have had as much of an impact on even a handful of people as Robin Williams did on so many millions. Truly a life well lived, but it's a good man who can pass and leave the world wanting more.

Hope he finally found some peace. He earned his way in this world.




For the record, in case anyone is keeping count, 2014 is the year that celeb deaths just crush me. Hoffman, Ramis, and Robin Williams? I'm sitting here just thinking, "Great. Who's next?" :/
 
This is... horrible. :(
 
TheDanger said:
I don't really get how someone so successful with own family could be depressed enough to commit suicide. I have a history with depression (tried to kill myself too), so I know the feeling and how death seems like the only option. Has he ever revealed why he was depressed?


RIP
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Sometimes it's hard to vocalize and communicate what's going on in your own head. He may have tried but it may have failed so he just went further into his own shell. There's no way to really know to be sure.

I've been at the brink myself and I was checked into Cooks Children Hospital for a time to keep watch over my behavior.
 
Relaxed Muscle said:
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:(

Didn't know he was and Christopher Reeve were great friends. Now I hope both are together whetever they are.
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Here's a nice story about the both of them.

Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to reattach his skull to his spine (June 1995) "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."
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President Obama's words on Robin Williams.
Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien – but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most – from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robin's family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams.
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TheDanger said:
I don't really get how someone so successful with own family could be depressed enough to commit suicide. I have a history with depression (tried to kill myself too), so I know the feeling and how death seems like the only option. Has he ever revealed why he was depressed?


RIP
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You've gotta know, buddy. It's more than a mood. It's a mental disorder. It's no different from a disease. There is no specific "why," really. Sometimes it defies all logic.
 
Man that sucks, I felt a connection with him in a few different ways.

He is definitely a unique and versatile talent. It seems like just about everybody has atleast 1 Robbin Williams movie they like.

One of the all time great talk show guests, you turn the volume up otherwise you won't hear much over the laughter.
 
I am absolutely dumbfounded. He seemed like one of the happiest people in the world. And it looked like a legit happiness, not that ignorance is bliss bullshit. I really don't know if I believe its suicide, that just seems so unlike him. That or he was the greatest actor of all time. I never even really liked his style of comedy much, but I always loved him as a person. This is so fucked.
 
This really sucks. I was feeling weirdly emotional today too so this hit me hard. I just pulled up the it's not your fault scene from Good Will Hunting and had a solid cry. Felt good. RIP.
 
TheDanger said:
I don't really get how someone so successful with own family could be depressed enough to commit suicide.
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Depression isn't a sickness lessened by money and fame. The latter if anything can just exacerbate it, as famous people suffering from depression have to put on a facade for millions.
 
speedpop said:
Very sad. News was breaking while I was waiting for admittance for my colonoscopy op. Grew up loving him in Hook and Jumanji, and my favourite role of his was in Good Will Hunting.

A sad day.
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I'd rather have 1000 colonoscopies :(
 
Zeliard said:
Depression isn't a sickness lessened by money and fame. The latter if anything can just exacerbate it, as famous people suffering from depression have to put on a facade for millions.
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Not to mention every stranger he met probably expected him to make them laugh.

Hugh Laurie is another well known comedian who battles depression.
 
The world has truly lost a precious resource. I really, truly loved his work in Bicentennial Man -- it's my favorite WIlliams' movie, easily. He will always be the only true voice of Genie, and Jumanji was incredible.

While it saddens me that we have lost this great man, it doesn't surprise me. He talked about his inner demons, his struggles with depression. Whenever I'd see him as a guest in Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson, he was trying too hard to be as cheerful as ever -- his eyes always showed a bit of sadness going on.

My day was bad enough already, as it would've been my dad's birthday. This sucks.

I'm gonna go watch Bicentennial Man and Goodwill Hunting now :\
 
Bravocado said:
I was in line at a Starbucks getting coffee for myself and a bad date when I overhead someone else behind me mention in, and got three/texts from three different friends simultaneously. A bad evening turned terrible.

Insult to injury? The young lady was rather insensitive and flippant about "one more unimportant celebrity death", despite me being visibly upset.

Anyway, gonna be marathoning some of his movies and stand up with friends soon. Guy was such a big part of my childhood, still can't believe he's gone.
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I understand being a little wary of celebrity worship but people like that girl are fucking jerks. It's one thing to buy into tabloid bullshit and stalk celebrities or treat them like they aren't people. but to say that there isn't something important about a man who we collectively share such fond memories of passing away by his own hand shows a level of emotional ignorance and narcissism that is almost irredeemable.
 
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