| Author | Message | ||
     Bads1 |
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/08/ 11/robin-williams-is-dead/13925199/ | ||
| Brumbear |
NaNu NaNu ol boy will miss you in my house. | ||
| Pwnzor |
shazbot! He was one of the good ones. Be a real shame if he took himself out. | ||
| Fb1 |
Dang.  I happened to catch him again just last night in "August Rush," one of my favorite films, although I don't like his character in the movie. Here's perhaps my favorite Robin Williams movie performance, and another of my favorite films: http://youtu.be/zSL5WLdTT8s Rest in peace, Mr. Williams. Thanks for the ride. | ||
| Sifo |
I caught him in RV yesterday, one of my favs. R.I.P. | ||
| Ltbuell |
...sad.I have some of his earlier comedy stuff on cassettes.He was really,really funny as Mork on "Mork and Mindy".When Johnathan Winters was on the show,they literally"fed" off of each others comedy.Really going to miss him...what a very talented one.....just like George Carlin.....only be one. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
I find myself being pissed more than anything else. Think about how many people TRULY loved him...... all the things he will miss... seeing his children grow... grandkids... everything. My brother-in-law opted out a long time ago. I look at his daughter.... and his granddaughter and I shake my head. What a selfish thing to do. I hope his family can come to terms with what he has done and know it was his choice. All the weight needs to rest on his shoulders..... sadly... that's not the way those left behind will feel. | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
I didn't care for his politics but he was a comedic genius. | ||
| Thumper74 |
Wolf, if you haven't been to the edge, it's hard to imagine being at the point where it seems like it's a valid option. I can't remember seeing anything of his that I didn't like. I didn't flinch when MJ passed away, but Robin Williams is really messing with me. | ||
| Reindog |
Robin on Johnny Carson was pure genius. No pun intended... nanoo nanoo. | ||
| Etennuly |
One of Johnny Carson's best/funniest guest spots ever was Robin when he was wired on cocaine. The other guests never had a chance to come out. Johnny laughed so much and so hard he had to look away to breathe.  It seemed like when he did a serious dramatic roll he did not have to reach far to play the dark parts. He ran the edge of explosive + or -. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Unfortunately looking back on his performances and his career, with today's perspective, you can see how he teetered on the edge. A lot of his "over the top" stuff may well have been compensation (overcompensation?) for the demons inside. That downward spiral sucks. Demons aside, Robin was a true genius and today is a very sad day. He will be missed. Rest in peace, sir. | ||
| Chauly |
http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-williams-kuwa it-2014-8?utm_content=buffer84719&utm_medium=socia l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer | ||
| Mnrider |
Truly sad when all the money in the world can't save you from yourself. RIP Robin | ||
| Preybird1 |
Im with wolfridgerider on this one. That's selfish and wrong and a pussies way out! My cousin did the same thing but he let his wife and kids find him hanging in the garage.........They pulled into the garage and the kids said oh look daddies playing a game! His wife drove right to his fathers house and almost crashed the car into his house she was so distraught and mortified!! Im sorry but i would not even attend his funeral........I cannot show any last respects for that kind of waste of life! The poor kids are now fatherless and have a much harder life now. My second experience with this was a good high school friend hung himself in a nature preserve where little kids were having field trips............They found him on a 15' rope swinging in the wind!! Real nice for the little kids to remember THAT field-trip forever!! May god have mercy on there poor souls. (Message edited by preybird1 on August 12, 2014) | ||
| Reindog |
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| Uncle |
Wolfridge and Preybird....man, you guys are COLD. You do realize that someone at that point is dealing with mental illness. If I had children of my own, I can't imagine being in a place so dark that I would do something that would take me from them or hurt them like that. | ||
| Pwnzor |
It is simply one man's greed, manifest. | ||
| 86129squids |
Their views are valid... BUT, there's no way to know exactly what the circumstances were. Mental illness is EXACTLY it. I can't damn him for this, I only wish somehow he could have gotten help. Lord knows that few individuals on this planet are/were loved, even abstractly, as much as Robin Williams. If you become a prisoner of your own mind, even with a healthy body...  It's just a sad, sad thing. A capacity for such energy, such joy, one of our most brilliant comics... taken by a darkness that none of us will ever comprehend. | ||
| Bads1 |
http://time.com/3114167/michael-j-fox-stunned-to-h ear-about-robin-williams-parkinsons-diagnosis/ | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Comedian Doug Stanhope said it best years ago. If suicide was the cowards way out, there'd be a lot more suicide in the world because there really aren't that many brave people in the world. Having lived a similar life (only less funny and probably not quite as depressed) except for the drug use, I can see how one could end up there. Add Parkinson's slow miserable deterioration to the mix and I get how enough can be enough. It's not about money, fame or any other outside things that most of us would think is great. It's about a brain that isn't working right, it's sick. For someone to criticize this illness is a flagrant display of ignorance to the disease. Should you be called selfish if you get run over on your bike and killed? You didn't need to be on that bike. It was a conscious decision What about your family? Eat like shit on a daily basis and drop dead of a heart attack? Pussy. You should've manned up, worked out and improved your diet for your family. See, no one would say those last two statements, even tho both of those deaths were much more of a choice than some with a mental illness killing themselves. | ||
| Froggy |
Well said, Badlionsfan | ||
| Hootowl |
Yes. | ||
| Ratbuell |
I was trying to find the words to say what Ben posted but he did it very well. It is, truly, a sickness. I went through some very dark days not too long ago, and had to force myself every day to leave the .38 in the bedside safe, get up, bathe, dress, and go to work. Those were hard, dark days and the only choices I had were to give in to the urges and quit...or be stubborn and fight. It was a difficult struggle and it still is, albeit to a lesser degree now. I was lucky. My sickness could be beaten, through determination and help. This time. But just like cancer...there's no telling if, when, or how severely it will come back. And unfortunately, its like alcoholism (or the Marine Corps) - there are no "ex" addicts, and no "ex" Marines. No "ex" cancer patients. And no "ex" depression victims. We live with it - hopefully - every single day, and we battle to keep it in check. Once it rears its ugly head...it never leaves. Ever. And I can see how eventually that spectre, combined with the illness itself, could be overpowering. My deepest sympathies go out to his family (both genetic and extended - he was an amazingly nice man to anyone he met), his friends, and his fans. But most of all, I truly hope he has found the peace he yearned for. | ||
| Midknyte |
http://petapixel.com/2014/08/14/photographer-photo graphs-two-mimes-1974-realizes-35-years-later-one- robin-williams/ | ||
| Phelan |
Well said Ben | ||
| Aesquire |
Robin will be missed. It's natural to get angry at a suicide. If you know the person you will always ask yourself questions with no answers... "If I had just talked to him more" "Why didn't I notice her withdraw?" "If only....." " I wish....." You are really angry at yourself, and at them for leaving you. Maximal suckage. Depression usually isn't flashy, just quieter and quieter..... until silence. | ||
| Aesquire |
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/three-tweets- because-robin-williams | ||
| Aesquire |
Because depression is real. It kills. It doesn't have to. | ||
| Ratbuell |
PTSD is also real. VERY real. But people brush it off. Truly a shame. | ||
| Hootowl |
That was moving, Pat, thank you. |
