filmlover Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Said to be possible suicide. Incredibly sad!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JREwing Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Early word is suicide, though his publicist would only say that he had been battling severe depression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Terrible. What a shocking turn of events. Loved him as Mork and as Mrs. Doubtfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaslovesTCM Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 how sad is that RIP Robin Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This is so sad. What a talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Since TCM is working on the December schedule, and they usually reserve two days at the end of the year for In Memoriam spotlights-- I hope they schedule DEAD POETS SOCIETY for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 a very talented man. Very sad to hear this. (made the perfect Popeye, too) Why do so many gifted 'funny-men' die so tragically?? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-williams-dies-suspected-suicide-724724 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Truly shocking news, all the more terrible if the early reports of Robin Williams' death being a suicide are true. To think that one of the funniest minds we've ever known was also dominated with such demons and addictions. How often he must have laughed through the pain. At the end, though, it appears that his pain was too great. I makes me think of John Belushi's death. Williams was one of the last to see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I saw this when it was breaking news-- completely out of the blue. I loved him in The Birdcage and his voice work in Aladdin. RIP Robin Wililams, I hope you're in a happier place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogiboo Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Damn! At first I thought it was one of those faux deaths that the internet likes to stirup. But, no. Let the questions begin. Sorry. Depression is one hell of a thing. I could only take him in small doses but I always felt he was a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wow, I just came across this news... While I wasn't a fan of some of his comedy schtick, I loved him in Awakenings, and Dead Poets Society is one of my all-time favorite movies. What a tragic loss. He leaves behind many mourners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 this is sad news. i remember being in San Francisco in '83 on a business conference trip with my girlfriend who had tagged along just to see the city. i contacted a high school friend who happened to be living in San Francisco and he suggested that we visit one of the comedy clubs in the area where the "hungry i" was located. he mentioned that Robin Williams was sometimes seen in that area. well, we picked a club where the comedienne/raconteur Jane Dornecker was appearing, and lo and behold in walked Robin Williams early in the first set and sat alone at the bar. a little while later my girlfriend (who was a smitten stargazer if there ever was one) turned to me and said "...he laughs just like Mork from Ork." farewell to "the funniest person on the planet." this loss is especially tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepclassic Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I just saw on the news a couple of hours ago, and still in tears. It's sad to think that a man with his extraordinary gifts would go out like that, but he did suffer with depression and addiction in his life. I remember reading when he recalled his time in rehab in the '80s, about one time he was very suicidal. Depression can often lead to suicidal thoughts and actions- the correlation creates causation very very quickly. My heart goes out to his family. Such a tragic loss. Just goes to show you can't brush off suicidal thoughts, especially expressed by another person. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drednm Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 HE WAS NUTS. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepclassic Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 HE WAS NUTS. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? He was not nuts, he had depression- a debilitating disease that could have been treated if he called his therapist at the rehabilitation facility he stayed at months ago instead of making a noose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casablanca100views Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Since TCM is working on the December schedule, and they usually reserve two days at the end of the year for In Memoriam spotlights-- I hope they schedule DEAD POETS SOCIETY for him. Dead Poets Society I thought of first too. I want to see Hook as well. Rest in peace, Robin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." - Robin Williams 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Said to be possible suicide. Incredibly sad!!!!! This is unexpected!!!. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 President Obama made a statement about Williams' passing: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/showbiz/robin-williams-dead/index.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrRolf Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 So sad Although primarily known for his comedy which was great. He had a good body of film work with three to four more films yet to be released. I probably liked him best in "Dead Poets Society" and "Good Will Hunting". Rest in Peace! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 First time I saw Robin Williams was on HBO's On Location back in the mid-1970s. He was so funny he had me believing he was an actual russian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGayDivorcee Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I first saw him on either Fernwood Tonight or America Tonight (starring Martin Mull and Fred Willard) where he played a guest. He was so quick and funny and just really stood out. Terribly sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 n/t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This seems so incredibly sudden--and he seemed so young. What a manic talent he was. Kids in my age bracket know him best as Peter Pan in HOOK and, of couse, the Genie in ALADDIN, but I love him best, honestly, doing straight out improv, as he did on WHOSE LINE. So glad for his work but even more glad I was never his teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Before "Mork and Mindy," Robin Williams was a featured performer in 1977 on Richard Pryor's short-lived and controversial variety series on NBC. Talk about two gifted but tragically flawed comedians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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