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Robin Williams Dead (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=285623)

So sad. A man of amazing talent that could have been channeled to so much good. RIP. I wish you had known what good you offered.

He lived a good life, to an old age! Prayers to the survivors!

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

<dl><dd>But O heart! heart! heart!</dd><dd>O the bleeding drops of red,</dd><dd>Where on the deck my Captain lies,</dd><dd>Fallen cold and dead.</dd></dl> O Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
<dl><dd>Here captain! dear father!</dd><dd>This arm beneath your head;</dd><dd>It is some dream that on the deck,</dd><dd>You've fallen cold and dead.</dd></dl> My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
<dl><dd>Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!</dd><dd>But I, with mournful tread,</dd><dd>Walk the deck my captain lies, <dl><dd>Fallen cold and dead.</dd></dl> </dd></dl>

Depression is a heavy, heavy thing. Sometimes death is A LOT easier than living. Sometimes, not committing suicide is an accomplishment.

**** depression.

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Originally Posted by Raiderhader (Post 10811034)

It is kind of weird how someone so funny could be so sad.

Unfortunately, it seems to work that way with a lot of comedians. Some of the funniest people ever were/are deeply troubled.

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou (Post 10811558)

Unfortunately, it seems to work that way with a lot of comedians. Some of the funniest people ever were/are deeply troubled.

You nailed it... I'm still so very bummed...

This sucks more than many celebrity deaths.

Not because Robin Williams was so talented but because a person who delivered so much laughter was ended by so much sadness.

I used to be one of those people who said things like "just call someone" or that suicide is a coward's exit. Last fall, one of my good friends, one of the most faithful, caring, selfless, giving, compassionate and charitable people I've ever known became so saddened and convinced that his family and world would be better without him that he shot himself.

I just couldn't fathom that this person did that. Not him. For all of the money in the world I'd never have guessed his name if given 1000 chances. He did therapy, medication, and all of the things he was supposed to do, except conquer depression.

That disease is #2 to cancer on my "screw you" disease list.

Someone in his family sent me a link that they said very much explained his struggle in a way that they hoped helped people understand what it was like for my friend.

http://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc

I haven't been this sad since Carlin.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 10811165)

Suicide? I guess fame & fortune really can't bring happiness.

Hmmm. The cure for depression is cash. Who knew?

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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 10810947)

Robin Williams Dead

Shozbot

I'm really upset about this.

Like, I'm uncomfortable about how upset this makes me :(

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Originally Posted by DA_T_84 (Post 10811630)

I'm really upset about this.

Like, I'm uncomfortable about how upset this makes me :(

This

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Originally Posted by Sully (Post 10811452)

Why is this one hitting me so hard? Celebs I like die all the time, sadly, but at least initially, this one is hitting me almost as hard as when DT died.
I think it's because of the feeling of permanence Williams had in my life. As a kid, there were only two shows; Dukes of Hazzard, which was about a car, and Mork and Mindy, which was about Robin Williams FAR more than it was about an alien and his girlfriend. I, nearly literally, came into consciousness as a human laughing at Mork. I wore those silly suspenders every time my mom would allow. I dreamt of sitting on a goalpost.
Williams then went on to be in a bunch of really great movies. he was always right around the corner with something. He did some crap work, and some brilliant work. Dead Poets, Doubtfire, Garp, and Vietnam, and my favorite, Good Will Hunting. Toys, which was odd. Hook, which I haven't seen. Aladdin, which has special meaning to my wife and I. He was just always there. Always just stamped into the fabric of the world I live in. I'll never forget my dad making me watch his bit about golf and listening to my dad laugh like crazy through the whole thing.
It's always a trite thing to say about celebrity deaths, but feels so true... I felt like I knew him.
Of course I didnt. Maybe no one did.

I'm just very sad.

Toys. I had completely forgotten about that one. It was certainly different but, I always enjoyed it.

You are correct, he was a part of so much that we have all watched and to a large extent loved. I've never been bothered by a celebrity death before. And while im not exactly shook up over this one, I'm far from being at peace with it.

And, dude - go see Hook.