In the aftermath of Robin Williams’ suicide, allegedly due to depression, we talk to a young man for his...
In the movie “Patch Adams,” Robin Williams portrayed an extraordinary doctor who prescribed laughter as medicine.
He laughed and said: ‘We scared you, didn’t we?’ Before I could answer, he planted a kiss on my forehead and resumed his hop, skip and dance away from me. I yelled, ‘Bye, Mork!’
“O Captain, my Captain,” Walt Whitman’s wise ol’ words
immortalized by Keating, “Carpe Diem” overheard.
Robin Williams’ final gift to the world was to create a higher awareness of depression and mental health.
I wasn't sure I wanted to write this piece. But then Robin Williams’ suicide hit the news, and I was so saddened—not just because he was one of my favorite comedians, but also due to this thought: “Another one loses the battle.”
On paper it seemed like a good idea. Robin Williams returning to TV since “Mork and Mindy”! With Sarah Michelle Gellar as his sidekick! Laughs! Hijinks!
Despite fame and fortune, celebrity artists may be more vulnerable to depression than the rest of us, brought low by the same creative qualities that gave them success in the first place, analysts say.
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