Interview: Dylan Brody on Comedy, Depression, and Robin WilliamsMinow, Nell
Robin Williams didn't turn his story into redemption. He was never better, perfect, cured, and on top of the world. Did he consider suicide? Of course. During his 2010 interview on WTF with Marc Maron, he spoke frankly about the lowest points of his depression and the ugliness of his ...
One of the world's funniest men and seemingly most joyful personalities wrestled with a dark demon that impacts nearly 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. -- depression.Robin Williams' death on Mondaydraws new attention to the struggle with depression that can plague a person throughout their lif...
Depression did not kill Robin Williams Here's whatSusan Schneidersaid about her husband's death: "It was not depression that killed Robin. Depression was one of, let's call it, fifty symptoms, and it was a small one. The doctors said to me after the autopsy: 'Are you surprised that ...
Williams was just one of far too many comedians dealing with demons. Chevy Chase, one of Williams' close friends, said in a statement that he also suffers from depression. "Robin and I were great friends, suffering from the same little-known disease: depression," he wrote. "I never ...
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Robin Williams' death affected a lot of people. What I hope is that his death serves as a catalyst to remove the stigma that goes along with depression.
According to one doctor, Williams had been "very aware that he was losing his mind" and felt he couldn't do anything about it.
Beyond that, his media representative Mara Buxbaum noted that Williams “has been battling severe depression of late.” His personal life wasn’t always smooth either. He had a son, Zak, with his first wife, Valerie Velardi. Williams then spent 19 years with wife Marsha – a union that ...
Williams said she’s spent the last year trying to get to the bottom of what led him to take his own life. Contrary to what most people think, she said, it wasn’t depression, nor was it a re-emergence of his longtime struggles with alcohol and drug addiction. Robin Williams had no...