RIP Robin Williams

[Timmah]

Woah. That's terrible.

 

[SBassman]

So, so sad.

 

[kesslari]

So sad. He was a brilliant, funny man.

 

[Texan]

Man, I always loved this guy. He always seemed to be a sincere, and decent person. He had the kind of talent most people can only dream about. Very gifted, and he will be very sorely missed.

I don't often get too busted up about celebrities, but this kind of hit me.

My exact feelings...he brought me so much happiness with his comedy and acting.

 

[bluesblaster]

he was just up here in minnesota in spin dry, stopped by the local dairy queen and sign a few autographs.

 

[Eric Perry]

I admittedly wasn't a huge fan of his comedic roles, but his serious stuff was amazing, IMO. More than a few Robin Williams scenes elicited a tear or two.

There are very few celebrities whose deaths choke me up (Brad Delp and Layne Staley are the only others), but like Mellowinman, this one chokes me up. :'(

 

[ImNotJoel]

Just heard this too. It seems like a lot of very funny people struggle with depression. Maybe that is how we cope. Sad news. He was not always my favorite but sometimes he was brilliant and side splitting funny.

It does seem like a lot of people in comedy have severe depression.

Not only was he funny but an amazingly talented actor who could do almost any role. We lost a good one RIP.

 

[devinp17]

Shocking and hard to believe... RIP

 

[bachlover]

Just heard this too. It seems like a lot of very funny people struggle with depression. Maybe that is how we cope. Sad news. He was not always my favorite but sometimes he was brilliant and side splitting funny.

What a shock - one of the greats. Jonathan Winters was a huge influence on the man (who also had to deal with depression). I saw an interview with Williams who was recounting how he came home as a kid one day to find his dad doubled up in laughter watching Winters. "I knew what I wanted to be from that day forward." Ironic how so many of these comics are hiding "the tears of a clown when no one is around."

 

[slobake]

Yup, this one is close to home for me. He got his start in small clubs here in San Francisco. I have seen him jogging in Golden Gate Park. I have been to his house in San Francisco to work on his telephones. Never met him or his wife but worked with a nanny at his house. She was very nice. That was at least 15-20 years ago.
Sad that his children and family have to deal with this. I am not really surprised by this, he always did seem kind of forlorn to me.

 

[96tbird]

Shazbat. That's all I can say.

 

[experimental bassist]

One celebrity I'll certainly miss.

RIP

 

[MartinG1957]

Tragic. Another great talent lost too soon. RIP

 

[Funky Ghost]

Suicide sucks.

I loved the work he did and he was super cool to my brother when they met, of all places, at a gaming shop years ago.

A brilliant and sometimes important voice is now silent. I think his life deserved a better epitaph...

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I was not much of a fan, but he was a huge talent. It is a tragedy he did not have help sufficient to keep him alive.

 

[JEDI BASS]

It seems that all the greats are severely troubled.

 

[slobake]

 

[ShredderMaximus]

As a kid in the nineties, I loved the guy. And he really came off as a really cool guy. Heck, he named his daughter Zelda after the video game! Sucks he's gone.

Rip Robin

 

[Papersen]

I´ve just read the news and can´t believe it.
One of my favorite actors for sure.

RIP

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Holy smokes, just heard this and was totally shocked.

I figured it was a massive heart attack, suicide was my next guess. The life of a comedian is an extremely depressing existence.