R.I.P Robin Williams

Tarzana

Total aside but Zelda Williams looks SO like her dad.

Da Shins Kelly

Mousewar wrote: »

I read today that the sheriff's office will also release the 911 call that was made by his PA after he was found. I don't think I'll ever understand why America allows these calls to be released to the media. People at their absolute most vulnerable desperately calling for someone to help them and the US sees fit to hand recordings of those calls over so that they picked apart and plastered all over news sites for people's entertainment. What purpose could it possibly serve?
They did the same with the 911 call Jaoquin Phoenix made as he watched his brother dying in front of him. Shameful stuff.

I haven't heard the Joaquin Phoenix one thankfully, but I remember when Brittany Murphy died and they played I think it was her mother's 911 call on the news. It was incredibly distressing to hear, I had to turn it off. I can't imagine what anyone is getting out of listening to that, and I can't believe that the police agree to release it to the media. Surely all it takes to stop that getting into the hands of "journalists" is to refuse to hand it over? Why would listening to someone in a moment of sheer panic realizing that someone they love is dead/dying be considered in public interest? Just because they're famous, I suppose.

sligeach

Please sign this petition:

Petitioning Nintendo of America

Name an NPC in the new Legend of Zelda game after Robin Williams

Today, Robin Williams passed away. There aren't enough words to describe this worldwide icon's impact on comedy or cinema, though many people, including the President of the United States, have tried.

Robin was an avid player of video games, with a love for all things Nintendo, and a particular love of all things Legend of Zelda. It is well-known that he named his daughter after the series' titular princess. Nintendo of America itself only recently hired him and his daughter to promote the franchise in a series of ads.

So, in a day where there aren't many words, what can we do? Well, there's a new Zelda game on the horizon. A bold reinvention, a fresh new open world adventure for Wii U. I would like to suggest that when the game is localised to English, Nintendo of America and the Treehouse name one of the characters "Robin" in his memory.

He won't get to play it, but he'll live on forever in a universe he always loved.

To:

Nintendo of America, Nintendo

Please consider naming an NPC in the new Legend of Zelda game after Robin Williams. It was a series he loved, and it's a small tribute to a great man.

Sincerely,
[Your name]

https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/nintendo-of-america-name-an-npc-in-the-new-legend-of-zelda-game-after-robin-williams

Thrill

Robin Williams Wife has just revealed that he had early stages of Parkinson's disease at the time of his death.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28796277

Susan Schneider said her husband had been sober but "not yet ready to share publicly" his struggles with Parkinson's.

"It is our hope in the wake of Robin's tragic passing, that others will find the strength to seek the care and support they need to treat whatever battles they are facing so they may feel less afraid," Susan Schneider said, in a statement.

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MagicMarker

sligeach wrote: »

Please sign this petition:





https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/nintendo-of-america-name-an-npc-in-the-new-legend-of-zelda-game-after-robin-williams

No

Shakespeare's Sister

What's with this fashion of "You can choose to be offended or you can choose to ignore it"? Total deflection of responsibility. Someone harassing someone can... *choose* not to be a dick.

krudler

Magaggie wrote: »

What's with this fashion of "You can choose to be offended or you can choose to ignore it"? Total deflection of responsibility. Someone harassing someone can... *choose* not to be a dick.

Especially when it comes to celebrities and their families. If someone non famous killed themselves and people were sending their relatives photoshopped pics of them commiting suicide there'd be uproar, and rightly so.
Yet when it comes to famous people it seems idiots are given carte blanche to just be complete dickheads.
If you're a celebrity a thick skin is certainly needed to avoid taking criticism to heart too much, but there's an absolute world of difference between criticism and downright cuntish behaviour towards a grieving family. Anyone thinking that Williams' family can just "ignore it" should really take a look at their own character tbh.

Robins wife has come out and said that he was at the early stages of Parkinson's disease. He really had it tough

Edit: Already mentioned above

P_1

Ok seeing as he was in the early stages of Parkinsons it is understandable why he'd chose to take his life.

I'd imagine that there are many who would make that decision when presented with such a diagnosis.

P_1

P_1 wrote: »

Ok seeing as he was in the early stages of Parkinsons it is understandable why he'd chose to take his life.

I'd imagine that there are many who would make that decision when presented with such a diagnosis.

It was probably the final straw anyway

sunflower27

Reddit IAmA thread here from 2013 that will be of interest to fans of Mr Williams. Makes for really interesting (and funny!!!) reading. (I love the line he said to Jack Nicholson.... )

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1n41x1/robin_williams_its_time_for_a_convoluted_stream/

AlanS181824

Just FYI both BBC and RTÉ are showing a Robin Williams film to honour him.

Not sure on the times.

sunflower27

Insomnia is showing on RTE2 at 10.10pm.

sligeach

MagicMarker wrote: »

No

Thanks for your intelligent contribution.

LizzieJones