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Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 11 Aug 2014 | Kimberly Nordyke

Posted on 08/11/2014 4:00:46 PM PDT by mandaladon

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams has died at age 63, according to police in Marin County, Calif.

The full statement is below.

On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 a.m, Marin County Communications

received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious

and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff’s

Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and

Southern Marin Fire Protection

District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at

12:00 pm. The male subject, pronounced deceased at

12:02 pm has been identified as

Robin McLaurin Williams, a 63 year old resident of

unincorporated Tiburon, CA.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: depression; drugabuse; drugs; hollywood; mork; nanoonanoo; obituaries; obituary; rehab; robinwilliams; suicide; williams
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
I have had many struggles too in my life, but we need to call out how Williams lived and what he stood for.

There may be no RIP in his afterlife... but I am not the Judge.

241 posted on 08/11/2014 5:23:20 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: VerySadAmerican

I would be surprised that he needed money. Even if he was taken to the cleaners from a divorce. Just too many $$$$ rolling around. Dude must have been in a dozen blockbusters.


242 posted on 08/11/2014 5:23:20 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: editor-surveyor
"Perhaps he was trying to tell us something about himself?"

While you congratulate yourself on bringing the truth to people, consider that lurkers who might be considering Christianity are being turned off by your attitude.

243 posted on 08/11/2014 5:23:49 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: mandaladon

Robin Williams was the very best at improvisation, even better than Jonathan Winters. I loved to watch his interviews; totally amazing mind.

Sad news for his family and those who enjoyed his talent.


244 posted on 08/11/2014 5:23:53 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: cornfedcowboy

Use of mind altering drugs is always stupid, but TV advertising is doing its best to hide that fact.
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245 posted on 08/11/2014 5:24:03 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

The only “fictional group” is the perfect ones you seem to count yourself among.

Pride goeth, and all that.


246 posted on 08/11/2014 5:24:12 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: cdcdawg
The drugs can help, they are certainly over-prescribed, they do have side-effects, and they are not a panacea. That said, they do help a lot of people get back on track.

No truer words spoken! That applies to all kinds of drugs, too. Thanks.

247 posted on 08/11/2014 5:25:56 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: SoFloFreeper

You mean I don’t get to find out what flavor ice cream cones Obongo is eating?


248 posted on 08/11/2014 5:26:06 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: CatherineofAragon
You have insufficient understanding of how one comes to Yeshua.
John 6:

[43] Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
[44] No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

249 posted on 08/11/2014 5:28:14 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: workerbee

You need to study the facts.

Mind altering drugs have a horrible record.
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250 posted on 08/11/2014 5:29:58 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: MamaB

Just because some people have issues does not mean the majority. The simple fact is mass shootings and suicides occurred before antidepressants. The fact is the majority of people on them benefit. I get tired of holier than thou people with out a shred of intellectual honesty who extrapolate small points of data to try and discredit something. It is people like that who try and get vaccines banned.


251 posted on 08/11/2014 5:31:56 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: mandaladon

Wow, I knew the “The Crazy Ones” was really bad, but not THAT bad.


252 posted on 08/11/2014 5:32:29 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: gitmo

Not specifically, but I believe he was diagnosed as bi-polar, like Jonathan Winters and other brilliant comedians, so the swings from euphoria to depression were part of the cycle of that illness. I know he had a coke problem back in the 70s/80s, and went thru detox/rehab. It was in the SF papers, as was his numerous stints in exclusive Malibu/Carmel clinics.

When he was on, he was *on*...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FMrjDasBk


253 posted on 08/11/2014 5:32:37 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Please. STOP.

Don’t walk so heavily on the man’s grave just yet. Angels are still gathering, even if doctrine says he’s no candidate for heaven.

Let those who would be sad have a little sadness in the memories of so much laughter, which angels love, all the same.


254 posted on 08/11/2014 5:32:58 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: beaversmom

I take no pleasure whatsoever in his demise. But Mrs. Doubtfire is a truly awful movie, from “Aunt Jack” to the soliloquy at the end about families coming in all forms (a precursor to homo-marriage), etc. The speech at the end was a shot at Dan Quayle in particular, for saying what he said about the rot in the culture at the time, which has only gotten worse.


255 posted on 08/11/2014 5:33:19 PM PDT by LT Brass Bancroft
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To: aft_lizard; MamaB

>> “The simple fact is mass shootings and suicides occurred before antidepressants.” <<

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Suicides, yes, but mass shootings, no.
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256 posted on 08/11/2014 5:34:24 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Just shut the eff up. I dare you to spend a week in a mental ward. Tell them how they should give up medicine and embrace god. I suggest you tell the outreach pastors and priests that what they witness and acknowledge in these wards is wrong since you have it all figured out.


257 posted on 08/11/2014 5:34:29 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: combat_boots

Doctrine means nothing, read the word of God!

And please stop leading people away from doing so!
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258 posted on 08/11/2014 5:35:48 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Seriously you need to shut up and get out of this thread.


259 posted on 08/11/2014 5:36:30 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: aft_lizard

I dare you to spend a few minutes in prayer to the Father!
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260 posted on 08/11/2014 5:36:38 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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