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Robin Williams dead at 63
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ActStriker
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Darkmakaimura
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Oh wow. I'm not too surprised there's more to this than what we know.
ElRenoRaven
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Holyshit. That makes this make more sense then. Damn. That sucks so bad.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Oh Robin
Not feeling any better about this loss.
EDIT: Thinking about this thread has made me order my favourite Robin Williams movie, The Fisher King, on Blu-Ray.
Not feeling any better about this loss.
EDIT: Thinking about this thread has made me order my favourite Robin Williams movie, The Fisher King, on Blu-Ray.
ElRenoRaven
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That would be my guess too. Parkinson's is another nasty disease and I know I couldn't imagine living with it. Combine that with depression and having struggled with addiction for many years and you have one nasty combo that could push anyone over the edge.
speculawyer
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Pretty ironic since he starred in the move Awakenings. I wonder if his experience with that movie and knowledge about Parkinson's disease pushed him a bit toward suicide. :-(
Pai Pai Master
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Michael J. Fox is kind of a miracle story when it comes to Parkinson's right? At William's age I imagine it could have hit him much harder. Maybe that was just too much and he couldn't deal with that.
So sad I still can't believe it...
So sad
I still can't believe it...CreeperBlocks
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Shit.....Parkinson's is a awful disease.
JetBlackPanda
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Damn.
I watched my father in law go from a normal capable adult to death because of Parkinson's disease. The last few years of his life were really hard.
This is kind of poetic but about a month before he passed my father in law told me to watch Awakenings with Robin Williams because it almost perfectly demonstrated how it felt to have dementia and psychosis from his Parkinson's medicines and disease.
I watched my father in law go from a normal capable adult to death because of Parkinson's disease. The last few years of his life were really hard.
This is kind of poetic but about a month before he passed my father in law told me to watch Awakenings with Robin Williams because it almost perfectly demonstrated how it felt to have dementia and psychosis from his Parkinson's medicines and disease.
Random Painted HIghway
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Parkinsons' is a horrible horrible disease. my step father was diagnosed last year. I am not sure if I would be strong enough to live with this disease.
AlphaSnake
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Parkinson's at that age must be very difficult. When you factor in depression and the thought of having to taken so much medicine and hide your ticks and twitches from the public, it can be a tremendous burden on a person in that kind of mental state.
Every day I feel sadder and sadder about his death. Poor guy, I really hope there is a Heaven because he deserves an after life worthy of the Gods.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Parkinson's, what a miserable disease.
It's heart-wrenching to read about good people suffering.
It's heart-wrenching to read about good people suffering.
Samurai_Heart
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Also the depression would've made his thinking worse =(
This gives so much context though =(
RIP =(
CountAntonius
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Damn. Poor guy.
Megalosaro
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I am watching hook right now. Its really hard.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Michael J. Fox is kind of a miracle story when it comes to Parkinson's right? At William's age I imagine it could have hit him much harder. Maybe that was just too much and he couldn't deal with that.
So sad
Especially at 63. It would have progressed very quickly for Robin.
A horrible addition to an already tragic story. That poor man.
Lionel Mandrake
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Yeah, this makes it much more understandable. I think we can all relate to the fear of dealing with a horrible disease.
Really sad.
Really sad.
victreeb3l
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I feel even worse. I cant imagine how I'd feel if I had to endure all that he did.
Mutanthands
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Damn. What a horrible disease for someone so expressive and animated to have. To lose control of your body. Terrible shame.
Kind of fucked up but I think it was important to know that he didn't check out just because he was "sad", and unfortunately some people have mockingly said that. Which is wrong.
Depression is a tough deal and I'd like to think he gave it his all before doing what he did.
I guess he saw no easy way out. Maybe in his mind, his family would be better off this way.
Depression is a tough deal and I'd like to think he gave it his all before doing what he did.
I guess he saw no easy way out. Maybe in his mind, his family would be better off this way.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Goddammit!
It just keeps piling. God, I can't even begin to imagine the suffering he was feeling, when it was too much. Man, it just makes me feel worse. Robin Williams is a beautiful person and touched so many lives with his work, he deserved so much better than this.
KillerKlown
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Man, ever since his death i have just been in a funk. I can barely bring myself to read this thread and news on him in general just because it will be depressing as hell. Robin Williams was an awesome guy no matter that he was an actor or not. Would have loved to have had him as my father or something, bet he was an awesome dad despite his own personal demons.
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Darth Pinche
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Wow at his having Parkinson's. I know that Robin got close to Oliver Sacks the real life researcher he portrayed in Awakenings, so he probably knew exactly what was in store for him. This just adds more light onto his decision to end his life. But terrible anyway you look at it.
neoism
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One thing with depression is you can tell people there will be better days ahead. To hang on. But when you have that, I don't know how you can. It's never going to get better.
And in the context of old age, depression and (rumored) financial issues, it paints a pretty horrible place to be. It's a really tough combination that makes what he did a lot more understandable, if no less tragic.
sabertoothzombie
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ElRenoRaven
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Without a doubt. Like someone else said. Normally you can say it will get better but with Parkinsons at that age with his history that's not true.
Dreams-Visions
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Parkinsons is horrible. Like Alzheimer's, one of the worst parts is how you became a burden for your loved ones, that can push someone to suicide as a solution.
This is so tragic
Yea, my grandmother lived with it and was eventually bed-ridden for a few years before her death. That shit was a different level of awful. Barely able to move, unable to talk after being up and active your whole life...nope. Punch me out early too, bob.
Now it all makes sense...goddamn it :'(
ComputerBlue
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Yeah, just heard on the news about Parkinsons, so sad. Poor man.
RIP you lewd, crude, rude, bag of pre-chewed food dude.
RIP you lewd, crude, rude, bag of pre-chewed food dude.
Slayer-33
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He wanted to keep his dignity before parkinsons and the other problems took it from him, it probably embarrassed him to no end to become a burden or be seen in a different way by his children
I've often thought about how I would respond to a debilitating disease like Parkinson's. Partly out of general fear and partly due to watching my mother decline in mobility and ultimately die when confined to a bed she could not get out of. I don't want to live in a state where I'm immobilized, and being a burden to others. At the point where that starts to happen, I'd think about checking out, too. But thrown in everything else Robin was dealing with and his death - while no less sad and tragic - makes a lot more sense now. I wish he was still with us. But I feel like we have a much more clear view of what led him to take his life.
hoverboarder
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Do we know yet if there is a note he left?
Oh man...damn...
"Awakenings" is going to be that much more emotionally charged now too... (wait...was that Parkinson's? maybe it was just something similar)
Screaming Meat
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Oh man.
vas_a_morir
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Hopefully they won't do what they always do and Doxx the wrong people and get them harassed.
Unfortunately, there are many chronic illnesses that exist where suicide becomes a permanent solution to a permanent problem. I can't blame him for his choice and sympathize with it. How heartbreaking.
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