R.I.P Robin Williams

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I have no idea if this is the right thread for this or not, and feel free to move or delete it if it isn't, but...

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/actor-robin-williams-dead-63/story?id=24937522

Robin Williams died today. They found him dead in his home. And it looks like suicide.

I don't know about everyone else, but this guy was a major part of my childhood. I saw a ton of movies when I was a kid and loved them, and even managed to see some of his stand-up once I was older. He was an awesome entertainer and it sucks hard that he's not around anymore.

Anyone else want to share?

 

[HighlyKoalified]

Oh god no... He was such a great actor... This is the first actor/ famous person who has died that I have legit cried over !

 

[The Fair Lady]

I'm still in shock. I never thought he of all people would commit suicide. Mrs. Doubtfire is my favorite movie; I think I'll watch it tomorrow.

 

[Shrekolas Cage]

It's a shame really. He was very good at making people laugh, but was also just as good at making people cry. RIP

 

[littlebiscuits]

I'm horrified that it was (apparently) suicide. I guess it just goes to show you that no matter how much joy you bring to others, you can still fall victim to depression.

 

[c-no]

I feel this might be the best way to sum up how some people (such as anyone here) could feel upon hearing about this:

 

[RP 520]

It's sudden though I'm not that surprised, yet it still shocks me. It was known that he had serious depression and because of that had battled alcoholism, pill addiction and cocaine addiction at points in his life. He was very good at keeping his problems under wraps and being the funny guy he was. It's still sad as fuck though. I feel bad for his children.

 

[Firesharpie]

I heard 20 minutes ago in this chat I hang out in... He was a really funny guy and it's hard to believe this has happened.

 

[Descent]

He made a lot of movies I didn't like, but he had a few I really enjoyed. Hook is one of my favorite movies. Also:

 

[littlebiscuits]

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

Wow. When I heard that he died my heart skipped a beat. Truly one of a kind.

 

[NavierStoked]

I actually met Robin Williams once when he was in town filming "The Butler." He was pretty cool. I remember him saying that he loved his high school history professor.

 

[Gothicserpent]

Goodbye Mr. Williams.

We have never had a friend like you.

 

[SparksterSanjulo]

I love Mrs. Doubtfire and I remember going to see Flubber when it came out. I hated everything about Flubber except Robin Williams's character. He was great.

I'm legit really bummed out he's dead. Most celebrity deaths are ones where I feel sad for a moment and move on but even coming back to this thread and reading it, it's still sad.

 

[HighlyKoalified]

This is one of my favorite scene in Mrs. Doubtfire, and reminds me of an era when caller ID did not exist:

 

[Linako 2.0]

I guess that Sonichu movie I always wanted will never happen

 

[Dollars2010]

 

[Waifu]

You're free now, Genie. Free to do whatever you want, no small spaces to hold you back. Still, we ain't never had a friend like you.

 

[Artard]

Shocking, this is the first I heard of it.

I'm not going to pretend I "knew" anything about his personality, but other comics always seemed to refer to him as someone that had it together. That he'd done these epically huge box office films but still remained a normal person.

I really wish news websites wouldn't post tweets of famous people saying mundane things in stories like this though. I'm staggered to read about this and I don't think it adds much to know that Ellen Degeneres says "RIP Robin, I am sad ." It's just so banal. I want someone to read fucking Dylan Thomas to me, I want poets and brooding Russian scholars, not "Alec Baldwin tweeted a frownie in response to the news."

 

[Linako 2.0]

Shocking, this is the first I heard of it.

I'm not going to pretend I "knew" anything about his personality, but other comics always seemed to refer to him as someone that had it together. That he'd done these epically huge box office films but still remained a normal person.

I really wish news websites wouldn't post tweets of famous people saying mundane things in stories like this though. I'm staggered to read about this and I don't think it adds much to know that Ellen Degeneres says "RIP Robin, I am sad ." It's just so banal. I want someone to read fucking Dylan Thomas to me, I want poets and brooding Russian scholars, not "Alec Baldwin tweeted a frownie in response to the news."

If only Ellen Degenerates had talent like good ol' Robin.
I wonder how the Zelda Community and Zelda are handling this.