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[ChicagoHeather]

On 8/11/2014 lovesrecess said:

My favorite movie ever is The Fisher King because of his role in that movie; it was the first time I had ever seen him play in a serious acting role and he was brilliant. He will be missed greatly....very sad to think he felt so hopeless and helpless. I heard on the news tonight that got out of rehab just a few days ago.

I love that movie and his telling of the story in it ...

It begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king. Now while he is spending the night alone he's visited by a sacred vision. Out of the fire appears the Holy Grail, symbol of God's divine grace. And a voice said to the boy, "You shall be keeper of the grail so that it may heal the hearts of men." But the boy was blinded by greater visions of a life filled with power and glory and beauty. And in this state of radical amazement he felt for a brief moment not like a boy, but invincible, like God, so he reached into the fire to take the grail, and the grail vanished, leaving him with his hand in the fire to be terribly wounded. Now as this boy grew older, his wound grew deeper. Until one day, life for him lost its reason. He had no faith in any man, not even himself. He couldn't love or feel loved. He was sick with experience. He began to die. One day a fool wandered into the castle and found the king alone. And being a fool, he was simple minded, he didn't see a king. He only saw a man alone and in pain. And he asked the king, "What ails you friend?" The king replied, "I'm thirsty. I need some water to cool my throat". So the fool took a cup from beside his bed, filled it with water and handed it to the king. As the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed. He looked in his hands and there was the holy grail, that which he sought all of his life. And he turned to the fool and said with amazement, "How can you find that which my brightest and bravest could not?" And the fool replied, "I don't know. I only knew that you were thirsty." It's very beautiful, isn't it?"

[busygirl]

I have been bummed ever since I heard the news today. What a shame and so wish he could have found the help that he needed for his depression.

[dooBdoo]

On 8/11/2014 gazelle77 said: Now they say it was suicide by hanging.

No. That's gossip. The only statement so far is suspected suicide due to asphyxia.

That means deprivation of sufficient oxygen. There are many causes, and I doubt any of us need to know all of those right now.

Wouldn't it be great if a wonderful, gifted, sweet soul could rest for a while before gossip and speculation begin?

As his loved ones have requested, may we remember his life, his smile, his gift of spreading joy, and his countless charitable works.

Rest in peace in the arms of the angels, dear Robin.

"O Captain, My Captain." I wish you could have found peace here on earth.

[shoekitty]

On 8/11/2014 dooBdoo said:

On 8/11/2014 gazelle77 said: Now they say it was suicide by hanging.

No. That's gossip. The only statement so far is suspected suicide due to asphyxia.

That means deprivation of sufficient oxygen. There are many causes, and I doubt any of us need to know all of those right now.

Wouldn't it be great if a wonderful, gifted, sweet soul could rest for a while before gossip and speculation begin?

As his loved ones have requested, may we remember his life, his smile, his gift of spreading joy, and his countless charitable works.

Rest in peace in the arms of the angels, dear Robin.

"O Captain, My Captain." I wish you could have found peace here on earth.

NaNU NaNU!

[glmama]

I am so saddened by this news tonight.

[ECBG]

So sad! He brought such happiness into the world.

[Girl Detective]

On 8/11/2014 dooBdoo said:

On 8/11/2014 gazelle77 said: Now they say it was suicide by hanging.

No. That's gossip. The only statement so far is suspected suicide due to asphyxia.

That means deprivation of sufficient oxygen. There are many causes, and I doubt any of us need to know all of those right now.

Wouldn't it be great if a wonderful, gifted, sweet soul could rest for a while before gossip and speculation begin?

As his loved ones have requested, may we remember his life, his smile, his gift of spreading joy, and his countless charitable works.

Rest in peace in the arms of the angels, dear Robin.

"O Captain, My Captain." I wish you could have found peace here on earth.

dooBdoo-Thank you for the wonderful compassionate post.

[Cyndog]

It's awful.

[KonaKat]

Depression is a disease hard to understand unless one has traveled that road. This article gives a great insight into it as a reaction to Robin Williams' death:

http://www.blogher.com/what-suicide-isn-t-rip-robin-williams

[Bird mama]

For those posters who have no experience with suicide in their families, I respectfully caution you to watch your mouths/words as you comment on this thread.