OBITUARY - Robin Williams: 1951-2014
He was the funniest guy in the room, something that made it all the harder for friends and fans to accept that beneath that reservoir of frenetic energy and seemingly endless good humour resided demons so dark they could push Robin Williams to suicide.
It was no secret that the Oscar-winning actor had suffered for years from periodic bouts of substance abuse and depression — he made reference to it himself in his comedy routines. But word that he had killed himself on Monday at his San Francisco Bay Area home left both friends in the Hollywood community and neighbours of Tiburon, which he called home, equally stunned and grief-stricken.
