Williams Died From Hanging Himself

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Robin Williams died of asphyxia due to hanging: Sheriff's department

This makes me so sad. That such a force should die this way. I wish I could've given him a hug.

Yep....he probably needed lots of hugs.

Oh no, that's terrible! I know he had problems but what would make him do such a thing?

I would have given him lots of Sweet Pea hugs.

He was bipolar, but apart from that, probably too sensitive. Yes, he should have had lots of hugs. He seemed such a loving person.

When I was growing up, and people learned my name is Robin, they said, "Robin? That's a girl's name!" I replied, "Well, what do you call Robin Williams?" This usually shut them up. In a way, I always used Robin Williams as a defense to these ignorant people. He's gone now but he will always be remembered.

Robin, R.I.P.

Hard to understand it. He had a wife and daughter.

I'm on a bit of a limb here, but I think death by suicide (especially one in such a decisive manner as this) is a demonstration of how dangerous depression is. It is as insidious as cancer. It gets a hold and spreads and eats you alive.

I have expressed this view to some people IRL and they disagree. One friend in particular says that this was a decision because life had no more to offer. I disagreed.

I am not sure why I can't get this off my mind.

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He had *manic* depression, also known as bipolar. I read one story where he sat down to give an interview about one of his movies, and immediately he launched into a disjointed rant about everything EXCEPT the movie. That's the mania. He kept the depression well hidden. He probably refused treatment, too, likely thinking that it would destroy his talent/personality. There comes a time when the burden simply gets to be too much. When the alcohol and cocaine stop working, there remains only one escape.

unfortunately, where he was at, a proffered hug would be akin to an aspirin for cancer. he was at a point where intervention was required but not forthcoming.

After reading up on his situation and what people expressed about his frame of mind I can see why he did it. There were many factors and it was a long time developing. It is a shame that he was not able to find a way to a more relaxed and less stressful place in his later years. The entertainment business is pretty hard. By all accounts he was nutty of course, but also a truly good guy.

Whenever I hear of someone commuting suicide, I can't help but feel sad considering I went down that dark path myself. I feel the same way for celebrities too, but Robin Williams is the first one where I feel really distraught over. I guess it is the fact that he was one of the last people I'd think would do something like this and I felt he was one of the few true Hollywood role models.

Whenever I hear of someone that lled themselves, especially someone young or around my age, I always ask myself "If they had chosen life, what would they have become? Would they be a police officer keeping people safe, the person who finds the cure for cancer, a future U.S. president, or a teacher that made a difference in a child's life?" These are questions which no one will ever know. At the same time I feel relieved that I never went that far in my battle with depression.

Robin Williams without a doubt accomplished a lot in his life, but in my opinion, this shows that we can't take great people like that for granted and that depression is a serious illness that is dangerous and needs to be taken more seriously.

we all have our breaking point. many are lucky enough to never reach it.

Why did he hang himself? He was such a great guy and a funny person! Now im really really sad he was a favorite actor of mine with similar goofy humor.