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dirtbag
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 11, 2014 - 04:19pm PT
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Wow!!!! Shocked!
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overwatch
climber
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:25pm PT
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One of the best actors period. Way beyond comedy. A great loss. Can't get onto the linked site yet.
He fought drug addiction for years
Can anyone copy the article here?
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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So sad to hear this, RIP Robin!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:29pm PT
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I'm not completely shocked, it seemed to me that sometimes his goofiness hinted at some sort of mental instability.
Yeah, sorry to read this news but it is not shocking. Condolences to his family and friends.
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overwatch
climber
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:30pm PT
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Never mind I got it. Really sucks.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:32pm PT
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Damn.. He never seemed quite fit for this world. Guess I'm not shocked... but sad.
Truly one of my favorite actors. Enjoyed his comedy for sure. But I thought he came into his own more acting. He brought me and I'm sure all of us some good times. He will continue to entertain for generations I'm sure. Not a bad legacy
Thanks
Peace
"What dreams may come?"
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:35pm PT
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It seems at times we are all held here by the slightest, single thread.
Thanks for all the joy you brought into my life Robin Williams! You'll be missed around here !!
Sincere condolences to his family and many friends.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:36pm PT
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When I drove limousines in LA back in the 80s he was in my car once, going to a gig. His agent was there too and he did his whole routine in the back of my car and I spent the entire drive trying to laugh as quietly as I could, so I could appear professional. He tipped me lavishly and was so sweet. I've had a special place for him in my heart and I am so very sad to hear this. Rest in Peace, Robin.
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:44pm PT
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Yes wore the PA shoes, my son just told me about this. Sounds like another cowardly suacide. Life is a gift, I hate this sh#t. I wish his wife and family peace.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:53pm PT
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Dang, and all this time I thought the alien Mork wore EBs. Man, that was when climbing really broke into the mainstream.
Robin was really on the edge, you could just feel it watching him. Such mad talent....
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Aug 11, 2014 - 04:58pm PT
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Shazbat!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:00pm PT
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Why did he bother to sell his house recently?
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:03pm PT
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"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done . . .
The ship has weathered 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 . . .
But O heart! Heart! Heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
where on the deck my Captain lies,
fallen cold and dead.
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 ribboned wreaths, for you the shores a crowding.
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning.
Here captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head.
It is some dream that on the deck,
you've fallen cold and dead.
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 anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done.
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won.
Exult, O shores and ring O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
walk the deck my captain lies . . .
fallen cold and dead."
Walt Whitman
RIP Robin . . . one of the greatest.
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:05pm PT
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I don't think of suicide as cowardly. It's extremely tragic but... Knowing how brilliant minds can go out of control, won't stop working, literally driving off into places a person shouldn't EVER go... I understand the need to make it quiet. Sadly I imagine our own Juan De Fuca had a similar experience.
It appears that the more talented and brilliant a person is, the more demons they acquire. The Yin-Yang effect of being brilliant. Sadly I see it in a few friends and yes, a few of my family members. May he rest in peace. I am deeply saddened and feel this loss personally. I don't follow actors but Robin Williams was so much more than "just an actor," he was a phenomenon that can't be repeated.
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:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
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tangen_foster
Trad climber
Danbury, Wisconsin
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:06pm PT
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"Sounds like another cowardly suacide." I don't think it works that way.
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overwatch
climber
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:08pm PT
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Yeah start your own thread for that sh#t
I never got that cowards way out crap...dying seems pretty scary no matter how it happens
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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"The Pope will now throw out the first baseball..."
(from one of the waaaay early HBO standup shows he did in the 80s...)
:-(
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:17pm PT
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Big time bummer.... A brilliant soul indeed.
His stand up was some of the best i've ever seen.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
RIP Robin..
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Skeptimistic
Mountain climber
La Mancha
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Aug 11, 2014 - 05:42pm PT
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More than cowardly, suicide is utterly selfish. The only one's who suffer are those left behind.
Williams legacy is now tainted, as choosing to not deal with life's problems
Wow. You've got it dialed in. Nevermind you have no fecking idea what his personal demons were. Everyone should be just like you, who I am going to safely assume has never dealt with depression and addiction to the depths he has, nor the pressures of an adoring public expecting him to be amazing, generous, funny at the drop of a hat. No having bad days, ever. No being able to enjoy something as simple as going to the grocery store without being swarmed by paparazzi, fans, stalkers.
Yeah, he had such an easy life compared to yours.
On a more appropriate note- If you haven't seen his interview on Inside the Actor's Studio (note that the apostrophe s denotes the possessive, not a plurality), find it and be prepared to laugh your arse off. Also check out The History of Golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnFbCCgTo4
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