RIP, Robin Williams

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:08 pm

Robin Williams has died in what appears to be an apparent suicide at the age of 63.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:08 pm

Jeebus. Depression is a motherfucker.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:12 pm

That sucks. One of my favorites.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:13 pm

Wow. That is just awful.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:15 pm

Awww. I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I did like some of his work.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:15 pm

Shazbot.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:15 pm

Well... crap.

Words escape me. I've always been a fan. Sad.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:16 pm

When I saw the thread I was hoping it was some kind of joke. I have always been a big fan of Robin Williams. Damn this truly makes me sad.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:18 pm

WTF?????

I wasn't a huge fan, and his shtick got a little old sometimes, but the man was talented. Jeebus, this is totally out of the blue.

RIP

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:28 pm

Haven't posted in a couple weeks but felt I needed to here. I was born 1969 so I grew up on Robin's humor. The best comedian of my lifetime Id wager. We've loved everything in our family from Mork and Mindy , The World According to Garp, Good Morning Vietnam, and Mrs. Doubtfire to many other things. Its kinda like he lived his life faster than others and used it up faster.

I've always wondered about his manic type personality. I am VERY sad that he went like this and didn't live a full happy life. Part of my past again gone. I wish his family well in these times and will miss him too

RIP Robin.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:37 pm

I know some people didnt like his acting but his stand up was amazingly funny. I was lucky enough to see him live once a very long time ago and he had me in tears I laughed so hard. I will miss him.

JSHAW · Post by **JSHAW** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:38 pm

Dead Poet's Society, Good Will Hunting....2 of my all-time favorites of Williams.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:41 pm

That's terribly sad.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:44 pm

When I was living in the Bay Area I attended some event - either Macworld or the West Coast Computer Faire, and he was there at the same time (he was an avid gamer and a Mac fanatic) playing some game and doing a running commentary. I couldn't get close enough to hear all of it, but what I did hear was hilarious.

msduncan · Post by **msduncan** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:44 pm

RIP. Very sad.

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:54 pm

Damn. RIP.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:55 pm

In the last words uttered on the silver screen by Philip Seymour Hoffman:

Spoiler:

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:59 pm

I remember vividly having my mom come in and ask me what I was laughing so hard at on TV. It was Robin on Happy Days doing Mork.

Thanks for the wonderful Gator Growl and all of the laughs Robin. RIP.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:03 pm

Wow, this is the first one of these where I actually said "Noooooooo." So very sad. RIP.

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:14 pm

Very sad indeed. Depression is a tricky, tricky thing. I know he was super great friends with Christopher Reeve as well as John Belushi. Don't think it's been an easy life for the man.

I have this link from Variety if someone wanted an easy click with other information as of current.

cheeba · Post by **cheeba** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:16 pm

Nothing to say but damn

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Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:17 pm

Total shock.
One of the funniest things I ever saw was Robin and Jonathan Winters adlibbing a routine for a show like "60 Minutes", maybe 20 or 30 years ago. The pair of them could always crack me up (as if one of them wasn't enough).

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:25 pm

He used to stay in my folks neighborhood when he came to Hawaii (before they moved back here). He would always smile and return waves to folks when he was running. Seemed like a genuinely nice man on top of being one of my favorite actors.
RIP Captain.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:30 pm

I don't remember a celebrity death ever bringing a tear to my eye before, but this one got me. I literally grew up with this guy, starting with Mork from Ork when I was a kid. Then Garp, Adrian Cronauer, Mrs. Doubtfire, the guy in Jumanji, Patch Adams, and Teddy Roosevelt - he's been making me laugh until it hurt since I was a little kid. I really figured he'd be around for another 15-20 years, easy. This caught me completely off-guard.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:35 pm

Robin Williams always had an incredible emotional depth. He was hilarious and full of joy, but at the same time he could show despair so effectively that you really believed it. You don't get that from an easy life.

killbot737 · Post by **killbot737** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:40 pm

I shall remember him as Mork, the coked-out maniac with the special on HBO, and the mostly well-rounded actor he turned out to be in the end. Always intense, though. He was never "off", even when he supposedly was. In every movie or interview I saw him in you could see that he was waiting to be "on" at any moment. He had to actively choose to be calm. That's not the same thing as being calm.

RIP Mr. Williams

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:45 pm

Whoa. This one hits me incredibly hard. He was one of my absolute favourites, even when some of his movies weren't that great. There was something about him that was genuine, as he always seemed to put all his heart into things. Such a great body of work too. He had an incredible range, as he could effectively play a comedic role and a serious one, which I feel is getting rarer and rarer to find.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:00 pm

He was one of us - named his daughter after a video game character when he became completely enthralled with the Legend of Zelda in the late 1980s.

I also know opinions vary on his talents, but I've always enjoyed him. RIP. What a terrible end.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:09 pm

JSHAW wrote:Dead Poet's Society, Good Will Hunting....2 of my all-time favorites of Williams.

He was definitely more talented than his zany drug fueled 80's hijinks might lead someone to believe if they weren't paying attention. Fisher King is an early dramatic role I recall so it wasn't just his later stuff.

IMDB lists him as acting talent in over 100 works.

(edit: playing attention and roll)

Baroquen · Post by **Baroquen** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:40 pm

Very sad. Amazing talent. So sorry to see him go.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:48 pm

Kurth · Post by **Kurth** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:50 pm

Very sad.

Nanu nanu . . . . .

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:52 pm

stessier wrote:Wow, this is the first one of these where I actually said "Noooooooo." So very sad. RIP.

Me too. His "Reality, What a concept" was the first comedy album I owned. I loved just about everything he did. Such a talent. Even my son who's only 15 was a bit shaken by this as he loves a lot of his stand up improve humor.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:54 pm

My uncle Don looks and acts like Robin Williams. I always felt I had a special connection. One of my favorite comedians. First watched him in Mork and Mindy. I know it's not a comedy, but I loved watching him in Patch Adams.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:02 pm

tgb wrote:When I was living in the Bay Area I attended some event - either Macworld or the West Coast Computer Faire, and he was there at the same time (he was an avid gamer and a Mac fanatic) playing some game and doing a running commentary. I couldn't get close enough to hear all of it, but what I did hear was hilarious.

One year at E3, I took a piss in the urinal next to him.

What sad news, he was always one of my favorites.

msduncan · Post by **msduncan** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:18 pm

Man, I'm still shook up by this. Very saddened and it's certainly cast a gloom over the evening.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:25 pm

msduncan wrote:Man, I'm still shook up by this. Very saddened and it's certainly cast a gloom over the evening.

Hit me really hard too, RIP Robin.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:29 pm

Everyone remembers Williams' "big" roles...Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting, Aladdin, etc. While I loved those, my favorites were two of his lesser known performances. The Fisher King is still one of my all-time favorite films. Partly because of the story, but mainly because Williams gives an absolutely remarkable performance as Perry. If you want to see "creepy psychotic stalker" done to perfection, go watch One Hour Photo. He was amazing.

RIP, funny man. You will be remembered fondly.

Zurai · Post by **Zurai** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:29 pm

msduncan wrote:Man, I'm still shook up by this. Very saddened and it's certainly cast a gloom over the evening.

You and me both. I had a hard time having fun at my trivia game tonight, and celebrity deaths never affect me. I genuinely loved Robin Williams as an actor and as a comedian and the news that not only did he die, but that it's an apparent suicide, hit me really hard.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:45 pm

msduncan wrote:Man, I'm still shook up by this. Very saddened and it's certainly cast a gloom over the evening.

Yep. My son summed it up best when we got into the car after a good first soccer practice and we saw it on our phones. He said, "Well. this day just turned sucky."