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OFF TOPIC => General => Topic started by: Caroline on August 12, 2014, 12:22:AM

Title: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Caroline on August 12, 2014, 12:22:AM: What a shocker!! So sad!!

http://time.com/3101990/robin-williams-dead-63/

Will move this to off topic but thought people might be interested
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Alias on August 12, 2014, 12:26:AM: Oh no! Poor man. :'( It is a shocker!
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Caroline on August 12, 2014, 12:29:AM: Quote from: Alias on August 12, 2014, 12:26:AM
Oh no! Poor man. :'( It is a shocker!

Apparently suffered from depression - seems to be a common theme with comedians. So sad, loved he was brilliant!!
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Alias on August 12, 2014, 12:32:AM: Quote from: Caroline on August 12, 2014, 12:29:AM
Apparently suffered from depression - seems to be a common theme with comedians. So sad, loved he as brilliant!!

Yes, sadly that is the flip side of the coin with many comedians.
Just so sad. Have to try to sleep - will be hard now.
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Reader on August 12, 2014, 04:24:AM: It's sad, but obviously off-topic for this part of the forum. He wasn't particularly impressive as a comedian (except for his stand-up work, which wasn't particularly well-known in the UK), and presumably didn't write the scripts for his comedy roles. His Oscar was for his acting.
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: lookout on August 12, 2014, 09:19:AM: He was one of the most,if not THE most generous givers to charity. A lovely natured man. He'll be missed.
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Caroline on August 12, 2014, 09:31:AM: Quote from: Reader on August 12, 2014, 04:24:AM
It's sad, but obviously off-topic for this part of the forum. He wasn't particularly impressive as a comedian (except for his stand-up work, which wasn't particularly well-known in the UK), and presumably didn't write the scripts for his comedy roles. His Oscar was for his acting.

I think the above is a matter of opinion.
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Jane on August 12, 2014, 10:56:AM: Quote from: Reader on August 12, 2014, 04:24:AM
It's sad, but obviously off-topic for this part of the forum. He wasn't particularly impressive as a comedian (except for his stand-up work, which wasn't particularly well-known in the UK), and presumably didn't write the scripts for his comedy roles. His Oscar was for his acting.

You're speaking about someone entirely other than the character I know.
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: Alias on August 12, 2014, 01:06:PM: Quote from: Caroline on August 12, 2014, 09:31:AM
I think the above is a matter of opinion.

It is. I know that most people think he was a brilliant comedian, but personally I think he was a brilliant ACTOR. I like him best in the more "serious" and even sinister roles.
Just goes to show how versatile he was. He was a living legend, and at the same time, you could sense what a sweet person he was.

This is lovely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GorgFtCqPEs
Title: Re: Robin Williams Suicide
Post by: lookout on August 12, 2014, 03:51:PM: Poor man,I think he did the comedy parts to cheer himself up.Aww.