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Robin Williams - 10 Years On

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He was on the goat level of 3 platforms - stand up, comedies , Dramas . His best stuff is usually all improv. One of only people I heard of that could walk into any room and own that room in 30 seconds . Noone was as quick witted in comedy.
 
Memory is fuzzy, did he top himself because he had some sort of terminal disease?

Either way legend of the game.
 
elreece said:
Memory is fuzzy, did he top himself because he had some sort of terminal disease?

Either way legend of the game.
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His publicist, Mara Buxbaum, commented that Williams had severe depression before his death.[152] His wife, Susan Schneider, said that in the period before his death, Williams had been sober but was diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson's disease, which was information that he was "not yet ready to share publicly".[153][154] An autopsy revealed that Williams had diffuse Lewy bodies (which had been misdiagnosed as Parkinson's), and this may have contributed to his depression.[155][156][157]

In an essay published in the journal Neurology two years after his death, Schneider revealed that the pathology of Lewy body disease in Williams was described by several doctors as among the worst pathologies they had seen. She described the early symptoms of his disease as beginning in October 2013. Williams's initial condition included a sudden and prolonged spike in fear, anxiety, stress and insomnia, which worsened in severity and included memory loss, paranoia and delusions. According to Schneider, "Robin was losing his mind and he was aware of it ... He kept saying, 'I just want to reboot my brain.'"[158]

Williams was found dead at age 63 in his home in Paradise Cay, California, on August 11, 2014.[10][159] The final autopsy report, released that November, concluded that Williams's death was a suicide resulting from "asphyxia due to hanging".[160] Neither alcohol nor illegal drugs were involved, and prescription drugs present in his body were at therapeutic levels. The report also noted that Williams had depression and anxiety.[161][162] An examination of his brain tissue suggested that Williams had "diffuse Lewy body dementia".[156] Describing the disease as "the terrorist inside my husband's brain", his widow Susan Schneider Williams said that "however you look at it—the presence of Lewy bodies took his life", referring to his previous diagnosis of Parkinson's.[158] She noted "how we as a culture don't have the vocabulary to discuss brain disease in the way we do about depression. Depression is a symptom of LBD and it's not about psychology – it's rooted in neurology. His brain was falling apart."[163] Medical experts struggled to determine a cause, and eventually diagnosed him with Parkinson's disease.[158]

The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) clarified the distinction between the term used in the autopsy report, "diffuse Lewy body dementia", which is more commonly called "diffuse Lewy body disease", and refers to the underlying disease process—and the umbrella term, "Lewy body dementia"—which encompasses both Parkinson's disease dementia (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).[12] According to LBDA spokesperson Dennis Dickson, "The report confirms he experienced depression, anxiety, and paranoia, which may occur in either Parkinson's disease or dementia with Lewy bodies. ... In early PD, Lewy bodies are generally limited in distribution, but in DLB, the Lewy bodies are spread widely throughout the brain, as was the case with Robin Williams."[12] Ian G. McKeith, professor and researcher of Lewy body dementias, commented that Williams's symptoms and autopsy findings were explained by DLB.[13]
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Great actor and a big part of anyone's childhood who grew up in the 80's. In his serious work like Good Will Hunting, you got the feeling his performance was coming from somewhere personal, like this dude has been through some shit and knows real pain and heartbreak.
 
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djacobox372 said:
Having been alongside multiple family members with dementia... him killing himself was the right thing to do; he saved his family and his fans a tremendous amount of anguish.
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Yeah it's horrible what happened to him and he knew it was just going to get worse his condition.
 
djacobox372 said:
Having been alongside multiple family members with dementia... him killing himself was the right thing to do; he saved his family and his fans a tremendous amount of anguish.
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He obviously had other issues as well though. Why on earth would you want to hang yourself from a door knob when there are much more painless options?
 
StewDogg11 said:
He obviously had other issues as well though. Why on earth would you want to hang yourself from a door knob when there are much more painless options?
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I’m not condoning what he did but hanging from a doorknob is about as painless as it gets. Just sitting under the knob with a shirt or towel wrapped around the knob, gradual pressure will make you go out (like with a gentle BJJ RNC) and your slumped body weight will finish the job.
 
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