i think the fact that so many people have be sharing their unique and personally touching stories of this man speaks volumes. Norm Macdonald made a great set of tweets (
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ry?id=24950575 )
and I thought russell brand wrote a thoughtful essay. the last paragraphs were particularly poignant.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...rld?CMP=twt_gu
"When someone gets to 63 I imagined, hoped, I suppose, that maturity would grant an immunity to adolescent notions of suicide but today I read that suicide isn’t exclusively a young man’s game. Robin Williams at 63 still hadn’t come to terms with being Robin Williams.
Today Robin Williams is part of the sad narrative that we used to turn to him to disrupt. What platitudes then can we fling along with the listless, insufficient wreaths at the stillness that was once so animated and wired, the silence where the laughter was? What I might do is watch Mrs Doubtfire. Or Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting and I might be nice to people, mindful today how fragile we all are, how delicate we are, even when fizzing with divine madness that seems like it will never expire."