O Captain, My Captain

[nightdog_barks]

Robin Williams is dead, aged 63.

I was just watching What Dreams May Come the other night. :-(

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[hannah]

I was lucky enough to meet him, once. He was a force of nature, and as many others have said, if there's any chance this leads to some destignamtization of mental health, then that's the best we can take.

[nightdog_barks]

I agree with this 100%.

♥ ♥ ♥

[taiga13]

Shocking and so sad. I found out on my Twitter feed, and about an hour later the newsfeed did post a link to a suicide prevention service.
ETA I've been trying to figure out what my favourite of his films is - there are many I haven't seen - and think it's The Fisher King.

[nightdog_barks]

I haven't seen The Fisher King in about a million years, but it's a great film. :D

I may be one of about six people in the world who really likes What Dreams May Come, but oh well. *g* He was also really good in Awakenings.

[taiga13]

It's been a million years for me too, I just remember I liked it. I also liked What Dreams May Come and Awakenings. (I liked Good Will Hunting too but somehow don't think of it as a Robin Williams film, probably because he wasn't the lead.) (ponders) Those and Mrs Doubtfire are all of his films I've seen, but those are most of them I think.
We've lost some great ones this year, haven't we?