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Posted by: Delila ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:11PM

Not too much info available yet. So very sad.
RIP Robin...

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Posted by: anonymousgirly ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:12PM

Suicide by asphyxiation... Wow.

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Posted by: ladell ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:19PM

Autoerotic?

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Posted by: Greyfort ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:14PM

Damn. That one is really upsetting. :o(

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Posted by: whywait ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:15PM

He knows the answer to SusieQ's question now.

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Posted by: Greyfort ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:15PM

Yeah, no kidding.

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Posted by: usedtoknow ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:17PM

He didn't really die, it's a hoax.

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Posted by: brucermalarky ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:21PM

Nope. He's dead...

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Posted by: nonsequiter ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:23PM

There was a hoax... but apparently he really is dead now.

If that's true, that is one morbid coincidence.

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Posted by: Susan I/S ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:23PM

The hoax was 2012. I am sorry to say that I think this is legit.

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Posted by: Tevai ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:20PM

Jeez...

Someone I grew up with was very close to him for many years...

...it may not, in actuality, be personal to me, but it FEELS that way.

:(



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Posted by: angela ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:45PM

Feels that way to me, too. I think the vast majority of us were "M&M" viewers. I remember the episode of Happy Days when Mork was introduced, that inspired the spin-off.

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:21PM


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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:22PM

What a shame. He was such a brilliant comedian. I used to live down the street from the "Mork and Mindy" house in Boulder. I loved that show.

I saw him perform live once. He told jokes at such a fast pace it felt hard to keep up with him! I'm so sorry that he's gone.



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Posted by: In a hurry ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:43PM

Summer, that's what I loved about him: those mad, stream-of-conscious ad libbed routines! He was the first comedian to make me laugh out loud when I was alone. Thank you for brightening lonely, late-70s Thursday nights for me, Robin. You will be sorely missed.

Saree

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Posted by: SL Cabbie ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:23PM

This one's hitting me hard, folks.

Not much else to say...

He was much loved.

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Posted by: Greyfort ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:27PM

SL Cabbie Wrote:
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> This one's hitting me hard, folks.

Me too. I just went, "No! OMG, no. Not him."

I immediately turned on CNN. You don't want it to be real, but it is. Damn.

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Posted by: angela ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:46PM

Me, too.

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Posted by: ConcernedCitizen ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:24PM

My friend was one of his joke writers; he a a few. He came over to his house one night wearing the Popeye arms he did for the movie. Interesting guy.

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Posted by: Devoted Exmo ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:25PM

Rest in peace.

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Posted by: SusieQ#1 ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:26PM

I read he was suffering from depression but never even considered he would commit suicide.
What a loss of a unique talent.

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Posted by: angela ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:43PM

Oh this one hurts. What a serious loss of serious talent.

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Posted by: southern idaho inactive ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:45PM

He'll be missed. I'll always remember him from "Mork and Mindy" and as the voice of the Genie in "Aladdin".

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Posted by: WillieBoy ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:47PM

Recently he spent two weeks in Minnesota.

I knew Minnesota was bad after seeing the movie FARGO - but bad enough to push one to suicide?

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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:50PM

Minnesota in the summer is lovely. Robin reportedly was suffering from serious depression. If I'm remembering correctly, this is not the first time. He just lost the battle this time around.

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Posted by: shortbobgirl ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:08PM

I believe he was at Hazelden/Betty Ford. There was a picture of him in the paper of him at DQ near there.

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Posted by: michaelc1945 ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:48PM

It is very sad to hear about someone committing suicide. Having suffered from depression and contemplating my end with a plan ready to execute, I know how easy it could be to put the plan in to action. I feel fortunate that I chose not to die. This was forty years ago and for the last twenty I have been been taking medication. It's too bad Robin wasn't able to tame his demons that led him down this path.

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Posted by: deco ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:52PM

So very, very sad

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Posted by: Tahoe Girl ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:53PM

Just so sad. So very sad.

TG

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Posted by: rhgc ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 07:57PM

Robin was my favorite actor and his movies were my favorites. The combination of alcohol and depression are related. The genetic code is related. I am depressed just thinking of this.

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Posted by: Calico ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:01PM

This is so sad, I always thought he was great. He was so talented and a wonderful person as well.

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Posted by: amyslittlesister ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:02PM

Nanu nanu, darling.

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Posted by: CA girl ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:10PM

RIP Robin Williams - you are a staple of life. I don't know what we will do without you.

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Posted by: Levi ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:12PM

I was very sorry to read this.

Make them laugh, Robin. If it's anything like the Mormons would have us believe, they need a chuckle.

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Posted by: 3X ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:12PM

Stupefied - just plain stupefied ...

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Posted by: iris ( )
Date: August 11, 2014 08:14PM

So very sad.

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