RIP Robin Williams

V3n said:
"Asphyxia"? Really?

Call a spade a spade.. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7764618

Was he found with a rope around his neck hanging from the rafters? They would have said he was found hanged.
Was he found in his car with the motor running? Carbon-monoxide poisoning.
Was he found with a plastic bag over his head? Yeah, you can say that.
Did he have a belt around his neck tied to the closet door? Was he naked? You can't say that. Even if it is true.

But "Asphyxia"? When do they ever say that? Only when the truth is too controversial to say. I think he died the same way that David Carradine and Michael Hutchence died, but he's too big, too beloved, to tell the truth.

I don't think it was a suicide. I think he enjoyed getting off. And if that's true, the media should take this as a teaching moment, and tell the truth, if it helps someone else from passing in the same way. Just be honest, just be real.

"Suicide by asphyxia" my ass.
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Jump to conclusions much? Who is "they"? The media doesn't control the police report. The police don't give two shits about causing controversy if it has nothing to do with them.
 
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Crashland said:
Jump to conclusions much? Who is "they"? The media doesn't control the police report. The police don't give two shits about causing controversy if it has nothing to do with them.
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and THEY can only hold on to the truth for so long. it'll eventually come out.
 
PRB said:
I will miss him, but it's hard to feel sorry for a millionaire. he had many more options than most of us if we were in the same boat, if there was any way to save him, he had it, if not, there's nothing to say, it was just his time.
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Meh, human condition. We suck at life. We all, with the extreme exceptions of poverty and ill health, can feed ourselves. Off of the discards of those better off. Tens of thousands do it everyday. Being a millionaire does not exempt one from the psychological attacks that most humans are able to only bare. The truth is we are over our heads. We are not a part of nature anymore. We are not a participant in the circle. That alone should be enough for each of us to end it by whatever means we have on hand.
 
phill4paul said:
Meh, human condition. We suck at life. We all, with the extreme exceptions of poverty and ill health, can feed ourselves. Off of the discards of those better off. Tens of thousands do it everyday. Being a millionaire does not exempt one from the psychological attacks that most humans are able to only bare. The truth is we are over our heads. We are not a part of nature anymore. We are not a participant in the circle. That alone should be enough for each of us to end it by whatever means we have on hand.
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so anybody who's still alive is living on borrowed or stolen life???
 
PRB said:
so anybody who's still alive is living on borrowed or stolen life???
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Not borrowed. Nor stolen. But a recognition of the circle that we are a part of is a minimal requirement. If not then check the fuck out.
 
Never appreciated his comedy (never once laughed..just had a weird look on my face and wondered what every1 else thought was so funny) but liked his serious movie roles. "What Dreams May Come" was my favorite of his. Rest in Peace Robin.
 
PatriotOne said:
Never appreciated his comedy (never once laughed..just had a weird look on my face and wondered what every1 else thought was so funny) but liked his serious movie roles. "What Dreams May Come" was my favorite of his. Rest in Peace Robin.
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He was a great court jester. Like yourself I thought, more so, when in his "serious" roles.
 
PRB said:
serious question : how would you know you are not?
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I, at the very least, try to stay connected. I garden. I fish. I hunt. I try to make myself a part of the circle. I am trying to go even further than where I am currently at. And there is a long way to go and I should have started much earlier. But, I did not see in my youth what I have come to see now.
 
PRB said:
I will miss him, but it's hard to feel sorry for a millionaire. he had many more options than most of us if we were in the same boat, if there was any way to save him, he had it, if not, there's nothing to say, it was just his time.
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I don't feel sorry for him but do for his family. I feel sorry for the world for losing a talented person who influenced people in a mostly positive way. Rich people have most of the same mental anguishes and weaknesses that poor people do and probably a few more. Money can satisfy your physical needs but not always your mental needs.
 
fr33 said:
I don't feel sorry for him but do for his family. I feel sorry for the world for losing a talented person who influenced people in a mostly positive way. Rich people have most of the same mental anguishes and weaknesses that poor people do and probably a few more. Money can satisfy your physical needs but not always your mental needs.
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it sure as hell beats missing both
 
I heard this story about how Christopher Reeve's woke up in the hospital, after his accident, and was in traction and wondering if he would live; suddenly he saw/heard:

“There was this guy wearing a blue scrub hat and a yellow gown and with a Russian accent, being some insane Russian doctor . . . I laughed for the first time, and I knew that life was going to be okay.”

It was Robin Williams who had been waiting for his friend to wake up and was there to help him keep on living.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!

You will be missed.
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so...he died playing a sex game by himself?...is that the implication? or am i off base..
 
Addiction can and will take anyone out. It does not discriminate. There will be 1,000s of Robin Williams out there doing the exact same thing today.

Jail, institutions, death, or recovery. These are the choices of the alcoholic and addict. Most will remember you for your successes and contributions. I will remember you for your struggles that many of us share. RIP brother.
 
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