Celebrity Deaths

[Morgus]

Never heard of that show...  Was it a poor man's Thunderbirds?

The same team that later produced "Thunderbirds" produced several other supermarionation TV shows before that, including Stingray (future submarine), SuperCar, and Fireball XL5...

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

The same team that later produced "Thunderbirds" produced several other supermarionation TV shows before that, including Stingray (future submarine), SuperCar, and Fireball XL5...

And Team America: World Police was an homage to that style.

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[ItsOver]

The same team that later produced "Thunderbirds" produced several other supermarionation TV shows before that, including Stingray (future submarine), SuperCar, and Fireball XL5...

Now I have one of Jorch's favorite bumpers running in my head.

[Eddie Coyle]

      Guitarist Dick Wagner of Frost, Ursa Major...but more well known for his stints with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed, dead at 71.

       
http://youtu.be/xAQrcZLA0z8

[bateman]

Wow. Robin Williams: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-williams-dies-suspected-suicide-724724

[b_dubb]

Wow. Robin Williams: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-williams-dies-suspected-suicide-724724

I'm truly shocked at this. Very sad. I can't imagine how his family must feel.

[jazmunda]

Wow!

[Khameleon808]

Just saw that too    Kept hoping his twitter or something would prove it false.

[bateman]

I'm truly shocked at this. Very sad. I can't imagine how his family must feel.

Publicist said he'd been battling severe depression, last checked into rehab in July.

[albrecht]

Wow. Robin Williams: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-williams-dies-suspected-suicide-724724

Ugh. That really is too bad but I guess he was relapsing again so I suspect that the suicide angle might be right unfortunately. He had a lot of problems over the decades but I thought he had it finally beat. RIP.
"He recently checked into rehab in an effort to maintain his sobriety."

[b_dubb]

I believe it was Robin Williams who found John Bellushi when he OD'ed. Something like that has an affect on you.

[MV/Liberace!]

Man.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

He seemed like a guy who needed a lot of attention.  I remember late night talk shows when his turn was over but he always had to refocus the attention back on himself.  Aging and becoming less relevant was probably very difficult for him.  It's sad to lose a beloved iconic figure I grew up with.

[HorrorRetro]

I never really got into his comedy roles, but I thought he was a genius in his role in One-Hour Photo. It's too bad that he couldn't find a way to overcome his issues.

[Treading Water]

Damn it. 

[Foodlion]

I just heard the news 30 mins ago. I'm completely shocked was even depressed let alone killed himself.

[Catsmile]

Robin Williams dead at 63.

R.I.P nanew nanew, bro.

[Mr. Fidget]

Shazbot!
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Robin could skate!
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Mork & Mindy was my first tv appearance, as an extra.
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My Dad's and my art was in the film Old Dogs, they used it to make Griffith Park in LA, look like Central Park in NY.
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Robin Williams, & John Travolta in front of the art.
I'll miss his unique style, he played a role for every "kid from Boulder" in the 70's.
rip.

[George Drooly]

Two of his roles that almost never get mentioned are among his best: Seize the Day and World's Greatest Dad. The former is merely an OK film, but Williams is startling desperate throughout, unlike any other of his performances. The latter is not just a great performance but a great, great, underrated film, one of the smartest films I've ever seen about art and honesty.

He seemed like a nice guy, in my estimation. He passed through my little town a few years back, walking the streets downtown, greeting people, giving money to the homeless, etc. I'm pretty cynical about that sort of behavior by celebrities, but he seemed genuine. He seemed to have a reservoir of deep sadness that motivated his best roles, like the above mentioned, as well as the more obvious like Good Will Hunting.

On the other hand, to hell with millionaires.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Oh no. I am utterly gutted by this news.  RIP Robin Williams. I so very much don't want this to be true. 

[eddie dean]

Oh no! I thought  he was past his drug issues. I guess you are never really past addiction, but I hoped he had it under control.
What a sad day.  Makes it so much more difficult for the family when it's a suicide. 
As a kid, Mork from Ork was one of my favs. 
Wow, it's really difficult to take. I didn't know him, but it feels like a close friend died. 

[yumyumtree]

Years of off and on substance abuse superimposed onto tendencies toward depression. I really think sometimes heavy drug and alcohol use has a permanent effect on the brain even after the individual sobers up.
Mork and Mindy was appointment viewing when I was in my early twenties. Williams was an innovator with fresh but G rated material at a time when a lot of TV and comedy had gotten stale and there hadn't really been anything new since Saturday Night Live debuted 3 years earlier. In those days, the 3 networks and movies in theaters were pretty much it, besides live comedy clubs, etc. Customized entertainment via cable, the Internet, etc. weren't on the scene yet.

Patch Adams wasn't a very good movie, I don't think. I liked The Fisher King.

[yumyumtree]

On second thought, it was more his delivery style that was fresh and innovative than the material. Nobody had seen a style like that before.

Williams idol Jonathan Winters also suffered from depression, I think.

[popple]

Jesus Christ ‏@jesus

Come on in Rob. I got you.

https://twitter.com/jesus/status/498980853217624064



+ some tweets from celebrities

http://www.toofab.com/2014/08/11/robin-william-dead-at-63-hollywood-reacts/

[onan]

Robin Williams suffered from bipolar disorder. Although there are many variants, self medicating is quite common. Yes, it is true substance abuse often has permanent negative effects to neural pathways.

One significant problem with bipolar disorder is how intoxicationg the mania can be. I have clients tell me it is better than sex. When the disease startd to become depressive, self medicating with stimulants can be expected.

It's a shame.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

That's a shame.  I didn't always like what he did, but he had one of the most brilliant improvisational comedy minds ever. 

[Ms. C]

I was blessed to see him do a live comedy show in late 70s or early 80s here in Michigan, at the Royal Oak  Theatre.

RIP dear Robin!!!!!!!!

[gnooryblows]

you know what? you literally have to suck dick and be a pedophile to get ahead in Hollywood
+ robin Williams wasn't even funny
so why does everyone freak out about some total stranger they never met who does not know them or have any bearing on them or their life, and who also would never give two fucks if YOU lived or died. no, that's right, it would not have mattered to him if you hung yourself, he would have just wiped his ass with hundred dollar bills and soldiered on.
who gives a fuck bout celebrities.
bye bye robin Williams
you were a tool of illuminati propaganda glorifying mental illness as "hip" and left wing ideals.
you were the corruptor of children.
I hope you burn in hell with the other theater fags that have ruined the world by selling their souls for a few bucks and for people to like them. bad man, bad man.
look now everyone! mental illness is not so funny! not so hip! look now everyone! look at the man who provided supposedly "wholesome" family entertainment for your CHILDREN! he was a drug addict and nut job!

[gnooryblows]

mrs doubtfire was blatant brainwashing to soften children up to the notion of transvestitism by the homos who run Hollywood.
what sort of sick animal takes it upon himself to brainwash other mens children!

[HorrorReporter]

It feels so horrible.. this has been a bad, bad day.. I am utterly saddened.