Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 21:32     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
Anonymous wrote:So sad. He had many, many demons. He is definitely one of those comedians who used their humor and entertainment to mask deep internal pain & suffering.


Depression is not a demon. It's an illness.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 21:12     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
Very sad. Depression doesn't discriminate. He was so talented. When I saw my friends Facebook post I thought it was a hoax, unfortunately not. RIP Mr. Williams, you will be missed.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 21:04     Subject: Re:Robin Williams suicide
So sad. One of the world's most talented people.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 21:03     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
My sister lives in his community (Tiburon, CA) and everyone there has met him at least once it seems. He had a reputation of being very approachable and a very nice man to his neighbors. In this day, that says a lot. I loved him. I'm sad this happened, but as PP said, not shocked. It was always lurking.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 21:00     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
Anonymous wrote:Nobody is judging. I just tend to always feel sorry for the family when a person dies...especially the first family...because the last wife/kids tend to get all the sympathy and get to plan the funeral and sit up front while the other kids are relegated to the sidelines. My empathy for them is not an effort to throw rocks at the deceased. Understand?


He and his third wife had only been married a few years and had no children, so all his kids are on equal footing, so to speak. And they're all adults. RIP Robin Williams.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:53     Subject: Re:Robin Williams suicide
Anonymous wrote:I am so sad- he was part of my childhood, adulthood, motherhood - I think he was amazing. He was not the typical hollywood actor that was really nasty - I am so sad.


Me too.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:51     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
Anonymous wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/20/robin-williams-worlds-greatest-dad-alcohol-drugs

This journalist noted how sad he has always seemed.


This was a very moving, and eerie, interview to read today. Thanks for sharing.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:48     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
I believe her had bipolar affective disorder. Not an easy mental illness to live with. Couple that with using alcohol to cope and to self medicate, and public pressure and fame and you pretty much have a recipe for disaster. He battled these demons a long time, his career is winding down, life gets harder.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:44     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
Anonymous wrote:Dead poets society. How many of us remember that as a seminal point in our youth.


I was just watching it on cable last night...Oh Captain My Captain...

Thoughts to his loved ones
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:35     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
He brought joy to so many people, it's so sad to know that it was a cover for such pain.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:35     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/20/robin-williams-worlds-greatest-dad-alcohol-drugs

This journalist noted how sad he has always seemed.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:35     Subject: Re:Robin Williams suicide
I am so sad- he was part of my childhood, adulthood, motherhood - I think he was amazing. He was not the typical hollywood actor that was really nasty - I am so sad.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:31     Subject: Re:Robin Williams suicide
I am actually a little shocked by how very sad I feel. He will always be Mork from Ork to me. Na Nu, Na Nu.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:25     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
Boy howdy.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 20:24     Subject: Robin Williams suicide
I'm really shocked. Just heard the news. So sorry to know he was suffering. RIP.