Only below the 49th parallel.[DOUBLEPOST=1407802542][/DOUBLEPOST]Is it wrong that I'm hoping he was trying auto-erotic asphyxiation rather than suicide? Accidental death is a lot easier pill to swallow for me. I always have to go out to suicide locations and investigate the chance of foul play and they always get to me.
[Brazelton] Robin Williams Dead at 63
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Leslie Nielson was the last one to hit me like this. These are guys I just assumed would be alive forever.
Robin Williams will always be the voice of the Genie to me. That may sound silly given the body of live action work the man has, but Aladdin was and still is a massive influence on me and that's the first thing i think of when i hear the name Robin Williams.
Suddenly the "food for worms" scene in Poets' has accrued an altogether uncomfortable amount of gravitas.
(Can't link it due to mobile, not sure I want to watch it right this second anyway, go find it yourself--I'm sure its view count has absolutely skyrocketed in the last few hours)
--Patrick
(Can't link it due to mobile, not sure I want to watch it right this second anyway, go find it yourself--I'm sure its view count has absolutely skyrocketed in the last few hours)
--Patrick
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For me it was Princess Jasmine... for other reasons.
I wanted to show her the world.
I have to wonder if this is some how linked to his rehab re-admission last month.
I've seen just about everything that he did in his career, every since he showed up as an alien on Happy Days.
It is so sad to see him go out like this.
It is so sad to see him go out like this.
It's going to be weird seeing him on the big screen now... especially as he has a movie coming out for the holidays.
Which was probably linked to his show getting cancelled earlier in the spring.
The big thing on twitter is worth reposting:
If you have been thinking about getting help - now is the time. 1-800-273-TALK (8255)#suicideprevention #RobinWilliams
If you have been thinking about getting help - now is the time. 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Hopefully some good can come from it and someone somewhere on the edge will get help.
I'm just now coming to realize that this is hitting me much harder that I would have thought. Last time a celebrity death affected me this much was when I heard that Jim Henson had passed. I've enjoyed Robin's work for many, many years, since that first appearance way back on Happy Days, and yes, I'm old enough to have watched it when it first aired. There was just something that really caught my humor with what he was doing there, on a throw-away guest bit. The Mork & Mindy... and the HBO Comedy specials and concerts and the movies. He's been a part of my comedy life for almost my entire life. I'm really just stunned.
It's not wrong; I was thinking the same and it does happen.
My wife is taking this pretty hard. He was her favorite comedian and his stand-up and movies helped her see the lighter side of things while surviving life with her abusive father. This sucks.
First Casey, and now this. I am so stunned and saddened. The fact he took his own life makes it even worst. I wish I could have just given him a hug and a thank you for all the years of laughs he gave me. I think I need to lay down.
This has hit not just for me, but for my Dad. Both of us are big fans of Robin Williams and his work. We've enjoyed his stand-up, we've enjoyed his films, and we enjoyed his show The Crazy Ones. It's so sad for the both of us to hear of his sudden death.
So long, Robin Williams. You shall be dearly missed.
So long, Robin Williams. You shall be dearly missed.
My dad was crying after he heard the news, he almost never cries.
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I'm as bothered by all the inaccurate information about mental illness being expressed by people about this tragedy as I am by the death of a great man.
And I feel guilty about that.
And I feel guilty about that.
I don't even know how to react to this. What Dreams My Come is one of my favourite movies because I watch it every February in celebration for me not committing suicide year after year. And now Williams goes and does this. I can't even begin to imagine what he's gone through, but given my close to connection with that movie, I can't help but feel a small tinge of irony.
Yeah...I don't even know how to process this.
Yeah...I don't even know how to process this.
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Annually.
EDIT: Every year, have a conversation with him about it. Yell at the screen. Ask him if he's ever going to finish the drink you poured for him on the coffee table. Read him a passage from that book you're working on, soliciting his opinion. Talk to him about his kids.
Keep his memory alive.
--Patrick
I have absolutely NO idea what you're talking about here.
I still can't think about his death without choking up, and I think it'll be the same with Robin.
Also, every little bit of everything else you posted.
Hmm. I thought it was pretty straightforward.
Every February, when you watch the movie again, pull up an empty chair and include it in your celebration as you toast his memory.
--Patrick
I am praying that it does not turn out to have been autoerotic asphyxiation. Something like that doesn't just tarnish legacies, it disintegrates them.
And dammit, if you are feeling bad about this and you need to talk to someone, there's a phone number: 800-273-8255. Good in the US and Canada.
And dammit, if you are feeling bad about this and you need to talk to someone, there's a phone number: 800-273-8255. Good in the US and Canada.
Not to mention that he was in a movie where his character's son died doing exactly that.
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Ooh, I forgot about that.
