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RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:15 am
by seedy
WTF
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:54 am
by dell1972
Another part of our childhood gone, one of the best ones. Mork from Ork has left our sphere.
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:18 am
by Ross
Believed to be suicide as well, really sad.
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:04 am
by Pandemonium
I'm out of words...
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:15 pm
by seedy
yeah it's the suicide part that really bothers me
while not totally shocking i just never knew he felt this dark
sad stuff and a bit hard to grasp
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:20 pm
by Ross
The number of comedians who suffer with depression really is astonishing.
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:21 pm
by seedy
it's the "tragic clown" scenario
man....i never even watched aladin but this lil tweet just twists a knife in me
https://twitter.com/TheAcademy
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:32 am
by haze
my 14 year old daughter summed it up pretty well in a text on the day he died, "Daddy, why are all the cool people dying?"
having a mork & mindy marathon here later
RIP
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:53 pm
by LooseLink
Another entertainer I grew up watching recently gone, still young too. Not since Michael Jackson's death did I almost froze after hearing. Real icons of our generation, even after all their success it was still hard for them to know if they really did succeed or not, r.i.p.
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:12 pm
by RazorJack
Not sure what to think of this, he was a great actor and all... but as Mr. Mackey below points out:
Re: RIP Robin Williams
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:14 pm
by seedy
surely doesn't seem to be drug related unless you want to argue that a lifetime of drugs takes it's toll on you mentally
or perhaps the drug he was on for his early parkinsons symptoms
by all accounts - dude struggled with anxiety and depression his whole life
i wish he could have been helped