RIP Robin Williams

[KC2UGV]

He was found dead this morning in his home.

[NQ6U]

"Suspected asphyxia"

[W5BRM]

"Suspected asphyxia"
Auto-erotic Asphyxia?

Truly a sad loss :sadgoodbye:

[K7SGJ]

Sonofabitch. The world has lost another funny, funny man. I just wish more people realized just how deadly depression can be. I will really miss his humor. RIP

[n6hcm]

no--suspected suicide :(. see the marin county's sherif website. they're working to sort out the details.

i'm stunned.

[VE7DCW]

I heard the news on the radio in the truck coming home this morning.....yikes!! this is a shocker ! :shock:

[KG4CGC]

I loved him since I was 14. He did a lot of good in the world. He will be missed.

[NQ6U]

Yeah, looks like suicide. That's all too common a fate for funnymen.

[KG4CGC]

Now that I think back and tie the years to the grade I was in, I was actually 13 the first time I saw him.

[WØTKX]

Damn. Damn, damn, damn. One of my favorites, and his acting was astounding.


http://youtu.be/AWfAKELmfyY

[PA5COR]

Yep, truly a good man and comic.
R.I.P.

[K4WGE]

Somehow, Glenn Beck was making the story all about himself on the radio this morning. Glenn struggled with thoughts of suicide too, you know. Quite despicable.

[N2CHX]

I am so saddened over this. I've never felt like this about any celebrity. Ever. I wonder if he knew just how much so many people loved him and what he did.

[KK4AMI]

I guess he gave away so much pleasure, joy and happiness, that he did not have enough left for his own life. If I had known what it was going to cost him, I would not have watched him at all and wished him a long happy life.

[NQ6U]

I guess he gave away so much pleasure, joy and happiness, that he did not have enough left for his own life. If I had known what it was going to cost him, I would not have watched him at all and wished him a long happy life.

My personal opinion is that the type of humor Williams' excelled at arises from deep-down pain and that pain can become overwhelming eventually.

[WØTKX]

Jonathan Winters had similar issues, and became a painter later in life to deflect the pain.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130412132819-05-jonathan-winters-horizontal-gallery.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wgwMxQ9idA4/UWraai2PwpI/AAAAAAAAFVM/9eTXG2RMfaw/s1600/A3.jpg

[K4WGE]

Winters paints like Salvador Dali and Hieronymus Bosch... at the same time.

[WØTKX]

Yea, I like his work a lot...

[N2CHX]

I guess he gave away so much pleasure, joy and happiness, that he did not have enough left for his own life. If I had known what it was going to cost him, I would not have watched him at all and wished him a long happy life.

Wow. I don't see it that way at all. Knowing some comics personally and being one who uses humor to deal with life herself, I can say with confidence that you're 100% wrong on this. People like Robin Williams give away pleasure, joy, happiness and humor because it is the only way to stay relatively sane in a really fucked up world. Had he not done so, I daresay he wouldn't have lasted anywhere near 63 years.

[WØTKX]

Yup...

http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-laughter-is-the-valve-on-the-pressure-cooker-of-life-either-you-laugh-and-suffer-or-you-got-your-wavy-gravy-74870.jpg

[N2NH]

In the neighborhood where I grew up we were acquaintances. It's a bit hard to deal with knowing that he's passed, especially in this manner. From what I knew of Robin (a/k/a Bob), he was always a nice guy and was always thinking ahead of the curve. The XYL and I were talking about how comediennes are usually depressed last weekend...

[NQ6U]

In the neighborhood where I grew up we were acquaintances.

You grew up in Chicago? Or was it Detroit? In any case, Williams moved to Marin County, California, when he was sixteen. You can read his full bio here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams#Early_life_and_education).

[WØTKX]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/these-photos-of-koko-the-gorilla-mourning-the-loss-of-robin



On Monday, Koko was with Patterson when news of Williams’ death broke and phone calls started to come in.


“After the first call, Koko came to Dr. Patterson with an inquiring look on her face. Dr. Patterson explained that ‘we have lost a dear friend, Robin Williams.’”

Via Press Release: The Gorilla Foundation

“Koko was quiet and looked very thoughtful,” a spokesperson for the Gorilla Foundation said in a press release emailed in response to an inquiry from BuzzFeed.


http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-08/12/17/enhanced/webdr02/enhanced-22879-1407877510-10.jpg

The Gorilla Foundation
After overhearing an emotional conversation between Patterson and a colleague who had worked with Williams on his PSA for the foundation, Koko signed the words for “woman” and “crying.”

“Koko became very somber, with her head bowed and her lip quivering.”


http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-08/12/17/enhanced/webdr10/enhanced-24796-1407878688-12.jpg

[NA4BH]

As sweet as the picture looks, I call Bushtit about the gorilla knowing what the hell they were talking about. Key words put the gorilla into a picturesque state of sadness. Sorry. RIP Robin, you were great.

[N2NH]

You grew up in Chicago? Or was it Detroit? In any case, Williams moved to Marin County, California, when he was sixteen. You can read his full bio here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams#Early_life_and_education).

I grew up in New York and Robin spent time there when he went to Julliard which was in my neighborhood. When Julliard moved, Robin did too. He also did mime with some guys on the steps of the Museum of Natural History, although most people didn't know that since he was in makeup.

[WØTKX]

I disagree, Koko knows. She's very smart, and very sweet.

But, whatever. Another thread I'll leave alone, I guess.

[N2NH]

I disagree, Koko knows. She's very smart, and very sweet.

But, whatever. Another thread I'll leave alone, I guess.

I think Koko knows. We tend to underestimate 'animals' intelligence. I can remember when they said Humans were the only species that dreamt. Anyone who has had a dog knows that they dream of running from time to time and will even bark in their sleep.

[NA4BH]

I think Koko knows. We tend to underestimate 'animals' intelligence. I can remember when they said Humans were the only species that dreamt. Anyone who has had a dog knows that they dream of running from time to time and will even bark in their sleep.


Ask your dog to wash the car and see what happens. They learn from visual signals,tones, and voice inflection. If they understood what you said, they'd speak back to you.

[KC2UGV]

Ask your dog to wash the car and see what happens. They learn from visual signals,tones, and voice inflection. If they understood what you said, they'd speak back to you.

Dogs have a unique knack for being able to interpret smiles and pointing.

Gorillas pass most marks for self-awareness. Dogs do not.

[NA4BH]

Dogs have a unique knack for being able to interpret smiles and pointing.

Gorillas pass most marks for self-awareness. Dogs do not.

I don't know what the hell that means, but carry on.

[KC2UGV]

I don't know what the hell that means, but carry on.

There's an actual test done to see if particular animals are self-aware (Aware of self, has a concept of "I"). Gorillas pass most of the marks. Dogs pass none, not even the basic one (The mirror test). One dog has demonstrated self-awareness.

Self-aware is the first step to being able to have emotions. And, since the being is aware of "I", they must be aware that you are not it, and can show emotional reciprocity. Gorillas show reciprocity (As do Bonobos, most dolphins, and elephants).

[K7SGJ]

I don't know about gorillas, but I saw monkeys talk in a documentary called Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Saw another when I was a kid, called Lancelot Link.


https://forums.hamisland.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=12901&stc=1

[NA4BH]

I don't know about gorillas, but I saw monkeys talk in a documentary called Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Saw another when I was a kid, called Lancelot Link.


https://forums.hamisland.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=12901&stc=1

I went to high school with a dude who's father was the science guy for the original Planet of the Apes, last name Ordway (look it up). He and his brother were in the second movie, they were apes sitting on the rock type cliffs at the beginning. He said it sucked because the suits were hot.

[K7SGJ]

While I was out today, I heard on NPR that Robin Williams wife claimed he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. As if he didn't have enough to cope with. Jesus..........

[W5BRM]

While I was out today, I heard on NPR that Robin Williams wife claimed he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. As if he didn't have enough to cope with. Jesus..........

Actually it was Parkinsons

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2725417/Stunned-learn-Robin-PD-Michael-J-Fox-weighs-Twitter-Williams-Parkinsons-diagnosis-calling-late-actor-true-friend.html

[K7SGJ]

Actually it was Parkinsons

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2725417/Stunned-learn-Robin-PD-Michael-J-Fox-weighs-Twitter-Williams-Parkinsons-diagnosis-calling-late-actor-true-friend.html


Thank you, you are correct. I guess it's me with the Alzheimer's.

[n6hcm]

I am so saddened over this. I've never felt like this about any celebrity. Ever. I wonder if he knew just how much so many people loved him and what he did.

sadly, it does not matter. when you have depression like this things like how many people you've touched are just invisible. finding zuzu's petals in his pocket would have meant nothing.

apparently he just learned he has parkinson's (which doesn't surprise me--it was visible on recent tv appearances). this could screw up someone who was so lively and vibrant ...

[N2NH]

I went to high school with a dude who's father was the science guy for the original Planet of the Apes, last name Ordway (look it up). He and his brother were in the second movie, they were apes sitting on the rock type cliffs at the beginning. He said it sucked because the suits were hot.

Everyone thinks that being on Broadway or working in movies is glamorous, but it usually isn't. My father worked for a costumer whose clients were in TV, Movies and Stage and he told me of what went on the behind the scenes. I lived next door to actors when I lived in the Theatre District in NYC. They spent most of their waking hours getting together and working on their lines, memorizing them and coordinating their scenes, then went on the soap opera and performed them. Being in the Theatre District, I got to meet quite a few struggling actors (who will remain nameless). They lived in abandoned buildings so they could save what they made as waiters to go to acting school. I know of 3 that made it big too. A fourth never did. The XYL took up drama in college. She dropped it not wanting to suffer for her art.

The glamor part is an illusion. After all that, one ages and eventually gets thrown on the scrap pile when someone younger takes your place. Robin beat the odds and his longevity is remarkable in this business. It's the mark of a legend.