Robin Williams, an Oscar-winning actor and comedian, has died from an
apparent suicide at his home in Northern California, Marin County
Sheriff's Office said. He was 63.
"This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world
lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am
utterly heartbroken," Williams's wife Susan Schneider said in a
statement on Monday.
The sheriff's coroner's division said it suspects the death was a
suicide due to asphyxia, but the cause of death is still under
investigation.
The Marin County Sheriff's office said it received an emergency call
about noon local time on Monday, saying thatWilliams was unconscious
and not breathing at his home near Tiburon, north of San Francisco.
Williams, who won an Academy Award for his role as a fatherly
therapist in 1997′s "Good Will Hunting," had beensuffering from severe
depression recently, his publicist Mara Buxbaum said.
Williams, who introduced his frenetic style on late 1970s TV series
"Mork & Mindy" and had struggled with addiction in the past, had
entered a Minnesota rehabilitation centre last month to help him
maintain sobriety.
His representatives at the time said Williams was not using drugs or
alcohol but had gone to the centre to "fine-tune and focus" his
sobriety after working a longer-than-usual schedule.
The Marin County Sheriff's office said it received an emergency call
about noon local time on Monday, saying thatWilliams was unconscious
and not breathing at his home near Tiburon, north of San Francisco.
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