Robin Williams hung himself, no suicide note found

That was my first thought sad as that is but he had an addictive personality. I know of two people that died that way. One was just a young newlywed.

 

yeah when my kids came out of the womb they took a bath and went to burger king for a snack...LOL.

you guys crack me up sometimes

 

You ever thought about how despair can lead to substance abuse?

 

Once again, do you know the answers to those questions?

So, an infant just born can survive on it's own?

 

I've heard from several people in the business that Robin's script for "Good Morning, Vietnam" was only a few pages, that he ad-libbed the rest. He could make you laugh even when you didn't feel like it. Gonna be missed.

 

that's not true here, but if your parochial school was so great, why are you gonna home school then?

surely your parochial school wont charge an arm and leg to eat from the tree of knowledge

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you know what, never mind, just noticed thread this was in

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And, if you see it coming there's not a lot you can do.

 

I've always believed that some people are destined to commit suicide. It would be nice for those left behind if they would leave a suicide note, explaining why, so loved ones aren't left carrying a burden of guilt always thinking 'Maybe if I had done this or that" when there's nothing they could have done to change that person's situation...... a mental illness which would eventually lead to suicide.

 

in our case, the note was not helpful at all. In fact, it hurt

 

Why are people assuming that Robin Williams' family, especially his wife do not know why he killed himself? They don't necessarily have to read a note to know what was in his heart and thoughts.

 

Ouch! I'm very sorry to hear that....

But, can you find any comfort in knowing that person was writing it in anguish, seeing a future that held no contentment for him/her? For your sake, I hope you can.....

 

Well, that's true......

Still, it would be nice for the rest of the family/loved ones to be assured that they had nothing to do w/his final decision - it was what he wanted.......

 

I don't know that people assume that. He had recently been in rehab, had his TV show cancelled, and was reportedly known to be in a major depressive state.

 

Many on the RW threads are making statements about how selfish he was not to leave a note.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cel...-serious-money-troubles-before-his-death.html

The 63-year-old actor, who was once reputed to be worth £75 million, had complained of losing a large chunk of his fortune in alimony payments to his two ex-wives, and had been trying to sell his 600-acre ranch in California to raise much-needed funds.

According to a family friend quoted by the US website Radar Online: “All he could talk about were serious money troubles…Robin was known for being so generous to his friends and family during the height of his success, and would help anyone out that needed it.

“There was also frustration that Robin expressed at having to take television and movie roles he didn’t want to take, buy had to for the pay cheque.”

For the past two years he had been trying to sell his ranch in the Napa Valley near San Francisco, saying: “I just can’t afford it any more.”

Despite dropping the asking price from £21m to £17.8m, there had been no takers. He had even resorted to selling some of his collection of 50 bicycles to raise cash. One neighbour who saw him in the days before his death said he had become “a shell of himself” and looked “drawn and thin”.
A friend of 30 years who saw him at dinner this week said “something did not seem right”, though he added that the actor was known to suffer from mood swings.

Last September Williams, who had moved into a relatively modest bungalow in Tiburon, near San Francisco, which he inherited from his mother in 2001, spoke about having to “downsize” his life and take roles to “pay the bills” following his divorces from Valerie Velardi in 1988 and Marsha Garces in 2008.

He said he was faced with the choice of a stand-up comedy tour, returning to television after 31 years, or taking roles in low-budget films for very low pay.
“The movies are good, but a lot of times they don’t even have distribution,” he said. “There are bills to pay.”

He went on: “Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money' but they changed it to 'alimony'. It’s ripping your heart out through your wallet.”

Williams’s divorces are reported to have cost him £20m, and he had put a substantial sum into trust funds for his three children Zachary, 31, Zelda, 25, and Cody, 22.

 

I hope his kids didn't inherit the self-destructive dna from him. In any case, whether intended or not, he has set an example for them. I hope they don't follow in Dad's footsteps when they get down.

For the above reason, if for no other, I could never off myself.

I'll just leave it at that.

 

I really liked Moscow on the Hudson and even though the movie bombed in the Box Office, I thought his rendition of Popeye was spot on.



Rest in peace funny man, you brought me many hours of honest to goodness uncontrollable laughter.

 

When there's a marriage, divorce - another marriage, another divorce - sure, it's going to cost the male big bucks, particularly if he's a celebrity - that's a given.... and btw, didn't he have an affair w/his kid's nanny while living w/his wife? I don't have any sympathy for these guys like him & Arnold Schwarzneggar........

Millions of people have serious $ problems and they don't have the pricey possessions like RW had to sell and raise cash.......

So many sad stories out there...

 

Some in this thread would do well to read this article.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5672519

 

He WAS selfish, to abandon his family...

 

Maybe he thought he was saving his family the grief of living with a mentally ill person. How do you know what he thought was better for his family and funny how you can accuse a dead man of being selfish without even knowing about his private life. How freakin' presumptuous some people are...

 

I wish we could turn the clock ahead 30 to 40 years and hear again from those that say that they want to kill themselves in old age.

 

When one is mentally ill, what is abnormal to most seems normal to the mentally ill person. I have lived and dealt with mentally ill people and I can tell you that they think they are perfectly normal most of the time when their actions can be outrageous to most people. I believe Mr. Williams' suicide was a direct result of a mental illness that overtook his sense of reality. It's very sad because from all reports he was a kind, loving, decent individual. I don't think the was being particularly thoughtful of his family nor do I think he was being selfish.

He gave us the gift of laughter as well as a window into the human psyche with his many serious acting roles. This is his gift to not only his family but to all who had the pleasure of being entertained by him. That is how he will be remembered an live on. IMO

 

A note does not necessarily mean that he would have explained why he was doing it. Could have just been a "sorry" note had he done one. Ultimately I think a note wouldn't have made it any less a selfish act.

 

I never saw Jack. I'm going to check it out as I hear it was a good movie.

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I enjoyed that one. Only saw it once, so I'm going to add that one to my list this week as well.