Robin Williams dead at 63

[grandmoon]

ROBIN Williams is dead. The 63-year-old actor’s body has been found in a possible suicide, Variety reports. RIP Robin

[crosbystills]

Tragic news. He was one of a kind. A comedic dynamo, an ad-libbing genius and such a nice guy. R.I.P. Robin.

[donnashuggy]

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@crosbystills wrote:

Tragic news. He was one of a kind. A comedic dynamo, an ad-libbing genius and such a nice guy. R.I.P. Robin.

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Too true

[tasfleur]

[bright.ton42]

R.I.P. Robin Williams, you gave everyone so much joy

[jenni200011]

A true comedy Genius & a kind & gentle talented man ..Thank you  for the laugher you gave to  us all..R.I.P Robin

[julie-in-oz2]

Terribly sad ending for a man who gave us so much to laugh about.

I was upset to hear this. May he rest in peace while we all remember him with a smile on our face.

[icyfroth]

63 is very young.

Poor man looked terribly old and gray, very thin in his last pic.

[polksaladallie]

This was an interesting segment this morning.

Depression is an illness that has affected many prominent comedians, including Stephen Fry, Spike Milligan, John Cleese, and Tony Hancock, just to name a few.

Professor Gordon Claridge is doing research into the potential link between comics and depression

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/robin-williams-commits-suicide-after-long-bat...

[crosbystills]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

This was an interesting segment this morning.

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The link isn't working but I believe there's a strong connection between manic depression and comedy. It's a condition (a.k.a. bipolar disorder) suffered by all those mentioned.

I remember Stephen Fry saying on tv recently that, if there was a pill that could cure bipolar disorder, he wouldn't take it.