Robin Williams suicide at 63

Just seen Breaking News on HLN TV that comedian/actor Robin Williams took his own life today. Apparently he's been depressed lately as they said.
That's all the news they have, as it just happened.

Sad day indeed.

No way.  Wow I can't believe it!  That is so tragic.

Wow, I didn't see that coming.  It just proves that success does not equal happiness (as if Kurt Cobain didn't already illustrate that).

Watching news now: "He struggled with Alcohol and Cocaine dependency which contributed to his depression." "An apparent hanging suicide"

I agree, this is something no one would see coming. Seems he just hid behind his humor. So sad

I heard about this, too.

This is sad and tragic on so many levels. I cannot fathom being so famous and well-loved (I have never known anyone that didn't like Robin Williams), and yet be so empty and depressed that suicide feels like an option.

As Gary already pointed out, this just shows that fame and riches do not make one happy.  Many times, I feel that it does the opposite.  I just hope that Robin had his heart right with Jesus before he died or things could be really bad for him now.

It was on the news here.
Yes, it's true, it shows famous and rich people like Robbie are not always happy. 
That's what I hope for Robbie too.
What's life when you are famous and rich and you don't go to God after you die?

I have said for years that the funniest comedians suffer from the worst depression. I'm funny (not bragging, just beign honest) and I battle depression every morning when the alarm goes off.

Sad to hear, he was a favorite around our house.

I would love more than anything to hear that Robin was right with God, unfortunately we don't know for sure right now. What I do know is, earlier in his career, he spoke openly about reincarnation and New Age thought. His stand up acts included "God-D***it" and "Jesus Christ" as curse words... but that was a long time ago. I pray that having kids changed him and that he possibly submitted to the Creator, it's so hard to know.

This is truly sad news. He was loved by so many. I will have to watch a few of his movies in memoriam of him.

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

I would love more than anything to hear that Robin was right with God, unfortunately we don't know for sure right now. What I do know is, earlier in his career, he spoke openly about reincarnation and New Age thought. His stand up acts included "God-D***it" and "Jesus Christ" as curse words... but that was a long time ago. I pray that having kids changed him and that he possibly submitted to the Creator, it's so hard to know.

He was raised by an Episcopalian mother and actually had a bit about 10 reasons you should be Episcopalian. Who knows what happened in the last minutes he was alive?

I think a lot of comedy comes from looking for a light in our personal darkness.  I don't mean that in a spiritual sense, just a metaphoric one.  I know he had also battled addiction for years and that is a tough way to live life.

I hesitate to bring this up, but I know the dynamic here isn't like...you know where.  It has greatly bothered me to follow this on social media and see all the people who

1.  Call him a coward or say that he took the easy way out.  I admit that I thought the same thing about Kurt Cobain and was quite harsh towards those who spoke so highly of someone like him.  I can only excuse myself by saying I was younger and more stupid then.  I also couldn't stand Nirvana or the whole grunge aesthetic.  It was a wrong thing to do then, and it is now as well.  It is far easier to stand outside and judge a person than it is to walk beside them and try to understand the decisions they make pressures and limitations they feel.

2.  Make pronouncements and judgements on the state of his soul and his eternal destiny under the banner of speaking Biblical truth.  Not a one of us has any right or standing to make any such proclamation about the state of any person's soul or their eternal destiny.

messiaen77 wrote:

1.  Call him a coward or say that he took the easy way out.  I admit that I thought the same thing about Kurt Cobain and was quite harsh towards those who spoke so highly of someone like him.  I can only excuse myself by saying I was younger and more stupid then.  I also couldn't stand Nirvana or the whole grunge aesthetic.  It was a wrong thing to do then, and it is now as well.  It is far easier to stand outside and judge a person than it is to walk beside them and try to understand the decisions they make pressures and limitations they feel.

2.  Make pronouncements and judgements on the state of his soul and his eternal destiny under the banner of speaking Biblical truth.  Not a one of us has any right or standing to make any such proclamation about the state of any person's soul or their eternal destiny.

Agree on both counts.

messiaen77 wrote:

I think a lot of comedy comes from looking for a light in our personal darkness.  I don't mean that in a spiritual sense, just a metaphoric one.  I know he had also battled addiction for years and that is a tough way to live life.

I hesitate to bring this up, but I know the dynamic here isn't like...you know where.  It has greatly bothered me to follow this on social media and see all the people who

1.  Call him a coward or say that he took the easy way out.  I admit that I thought the same thing about Kurt Cobain and was quite harsh towards those who spoke so highly of someone like him.  I can only excuse myself by saying I was younger and more stupid then.  I also couldn't stand Nirvana or the whole grunge aesthetic.  It was a wrong thing to do then, and it is now as well.  It is far easier to stand outside and judge a person than it is to walk beside them and try to understand the decisions they make pressures and limitations they feel.

2.  Make pronouncements and judgements on the state of his soul and his eternal destiny under the banner of speaking Biblical truth.  Not a one of us has any right or standing to make any such proclamation about the state of any person's soul or their eternal destiny.

1. Exactly! I tried once in high school and survived. I planned a second attempt but when I realized who would find me, I backed out. It's easy to judge something when you aren't the one going through it. Suicide seems like "the coward's way" but when you're that low and in that place, it seems the only way to get some relief.

2. Again, exactly! I hesitate to say much about this because what about the plank in my own eye?

That's trie ishmael81, you never know what happened in the last minutes.

A good tribute

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/showbiz/2014/08/12/comedians-who-left-us-too-soon-orig-jtb.cnn.html

BearDad wrote:

A good tribute

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/showbiz/2014/08/12/comedians-who-left-us-too-soon-orig-jtb.cnn.html