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Title: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: mrclose on August 11, 2014, 07:25:00 PM
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Actor Robin Williams has died, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday.

He was 63.

The Sheriff’s Office was called to a home in unincorporated Tiburon just after noon Monday, the office stated in a news release.

http://ktla.com/2014/08/11/actor-robin-williams-dead-at-63-marin-county-sheriffs-office/
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: SVPete on August 11, 2014, 07:30:52 PM
Actor Robin Williams Found Dead in Apparent Suicide, Says Sheriff (http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/08/11/actor-robin-williams-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide-says-sheriff/)
by BRIDGET JOHNSON
PJMedia.com/tatler
2014/08/11
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The Marin County Sheriff’s Office has just reported that actor Robin Williams is dead. The full press release from the coroner’s office:
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On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 am, Marin County Communications received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at 12:00 pm. The male subject, pronounced deceased at 12:02 pm has been identified as Robin McLaurin Williams, a 63 year old resident of unincorporated Tiburon, CA.

... At this time, the Sheriff’s Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made. A forensic examination is currently scheduled for August 12, 2014 with subsequent toxicology testing to be conducted.
Whatever else he was, Robin Williams was a talented comedian/actor. Very sad!
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: FlaGator on August 11, 2014, 07:37:25 PM
This is sad and shocking... RIP Robin.
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: freedumb2003b on August 11, 2014, 07:38:17 PM
Just wow

I really hope it wasn't suicide.

RIP and prayers for the family.

Small connection: his then-wife was my modern dance professor in college (us smart guys took modern dance to work out with chicks in leotards).
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: mrclose on August 11, 2014, 07:42:31 PM
Hung himself.
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: Dori on August 11, 2014, 08:00:54 PM
Just read an article where he had checked into rehab last month for "continued sobriety"....????

He had also been working on a couple of projects which were to be released sometime this year.

Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: USA4ME on August 11, 2014, 08:07:59 PM
Funny guy. Sad ending.

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Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: hillneck on August 11, 2014, 08:44:13 PM
RIP Robin.  He was a comic genius.
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 12, 2014, 12:27:57 PM
Just read an article where he had checked into rehab last month for "continued sobriety"....????

He had also been working on a couple of projects which were to be released sometime this year.

I've seen reports that he's in four upcoming movies.

Also, he supposedly had 'money troubles.'
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: Chris_ on August 13, 2014, 01:05:05 AM
Norm MacDonald pens a eulogy to Robin Williams. (http://thedailybanter.com/2014/08/norm-macdonald-may-just-written-best-tribute-robin-williams-yet/)

This is the Robin Williams I remember.  Reading this makes me feel sad and happy at the same time.
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 13, 2014, 09:49:20 AM
More screws loose than an English sports car.  I have very mixed feelings about him and his generation of comics, who did so much to legitimize and romanticize the idea of tunneling one's way through a few million dollars worth of coke as a path to professional success, but it sure hogged a ridiculous amount of air time all day yesterday.
Title: Re: Actor Robin Williams Dead at 63: Marin County Sheriff’s Office
Post by: wasp69 on August 13, 2014, 10:25:01 AM
I have very mixed feelings about him and his generation of comics, who did so much to legitimize and romanticize the idea of tunneling one's way through a few million dollars worth of coke as a path to professional success...

A maniacally funny individual that spent his youth perpetuating the "if it feels good, do it" lifestyle only to have it play out to its inevitable conclusion.  Any sympathy I have is for Mr Williams family that suffer the pain and confusion for his final act of selfishness.