Comments:Actor and comic Robin Williams found dead at 63

Back to article

This page is for commentary on the news. If you wish to point out a problem in the article (e.g. factual error, etc), please use its regular collaboration page instead. Comments on this page do not need to adhere to the Neutral Point of View policy. Please remain on topic and avoid offensive or inflammatory comments where possible. Try thought-provoking, insightful, or controversial. Civil discussion and polite sparring make our comments pages a fun and friendly place. Please think of this when posting.

Use the "Start a new discussion" button just below to start a new discussion. If the button isn't there, wait a few seconds and click this link: Refresh.

Previous page history was archived for backup purposes at Comments:Actor and comic Robin Williams found dead at 63/LQT Archive 1 on 2025-11-07.

'After years of prolific writing in the 1960s, Ochs's mental stability declined in the 1970s. He eventually succumbed to a number of problems including bipolar disorder and alcoholism, and took his own life [by hanging] in 1976." Robin William's death by suicide is eerily similar to Phil Ochs' suicide. Both troubled by bipolar disorder/clinical depression and alcoholism/drug use. Och's creativity was in music, whereas William's was in acting/comedy.

The anonymous programs do not have 'enrollments.' Nor do they have membership lists or requirements. Each member decides on their membership. No tests, no assignments, no files or records.

Unless the writer is confusing a treatment center for a fellowship of mutual sufferers.

I've submitted an edit on your behalf; but since I'm the one who submitted the edit, I can't review/publish it myself. (Note, this is a wiki; you could have submitted an edit yourself to correct the problem. Your edit would be submitted for review by an authorized reviewer, such as myself. The main limit on all this is that we can only make substantive changes to the article for the first 24 hours after publication; after that, if something's wrong, we'd have to issue a correction — which of course we'd rather not have to do.)