Kim67

Although I found him extremely annoying and irritating at times, he certainly was a clever entertainer. Another artistic soul lost to mental illness and what looks like suicide. Very sad.

Amazulu

WTF!

That's mental

Molly Coddle

Sad to read this. BBC News - US actor Robin Williams found dead

This guy was a great actor, he played some great characters in some very memorable films. RIP Mr Williams.

Molly Coddle

Opps snap Kim! Just posted the same, it's crazy isn't it! I can't believe it either!

Molly Coddle

I know, depression caused him to commit suicide , or so they are saying at the moment.

carolinephillips

Noooo. So tragic. He was a very funny man indeed.

Molly Coddle

He was, slightly quirky too I thought, one of a kind for sure.

scrubbedexpat098

very sad, love him or hate him he was a clever bugger, Good Morning Vietnam was the role he was born to play. One of a kind, Nanu Nanu

carolinephillips

RIP funny man.

Kim67

There are heaps of interesting articles on link between artistic creativity and mental illness.

http://web.stanford.edu/group/co-sign/Sussman.pdf

scrubbedexpat098

Manic depression is rife amongst comedians, tears of a clown and all that. Very sad

Molly Coddle

Mods take this thread down if you like. I hadn't realised Kim had posted the same.

Cheers. :-)


Lol Caroline posting on both! X

testing

Molly Coddle

RV is another good film he did, bloody funny it is.

carolinephillips

I feel that strongly- DD and I were almost in tears.

Maybe threads should be merged?

Kim67

He certainly made an impact, there are literally thousands of posts on FB already.