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Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2014 15:32:57 GMT
These are the last known pictures of Robin Williams ... a day or so before he committed suicide. A frail Williams was at an art gallery reception Saturday night ... near his Bay Area home. He surprised local artist Mark Jaeger -- a ceramics teacher at Marin Catholic High School -- whose works were featured. Robin was there with wife Susan Schneider ... the woman in the foreground with dark hair. We're told Robin spoke to Jaeger's students and seemed engaged. Athorities said it will probably take several weeks to complete the full autopsy report on Robin Williams, who officials said took his own life. Preliminary results of the forensic exam indicate the cause of death was "asphyxia due to hanging," said Lt. Keith Boyd, assistant deputy chief coroner in the Sheriff's Office. A time of death has yet to be established. Toxicology tests, which are expected to take two to six weeks, will reveal whether Williams had any alcohol or drugs in his system, Boyd said. Williams' body was "cool to the touch" when it was discovered by a personal assistant. Rigor mortis had already set in by the time Williams' assistant discovered the body in a slightly elevated position with a belt around the neck, said Lt. Keith Boyd, assistant deputy chief coroner in the Sheriff's Office. The distraught assistant, whose name was not released, called 911 at 11:55 a.m. Monday to report the discovery. Williams and his wife, Susan Schneider, were alone Sunday night in their home, which fronts San Francisco Bay, Boyd said. Sheriff's officials had previously said Williams was last seen at 10 p.m., but Boyd said Schneider retired to a bedroom at 10:30 p.m. It was not known when Williams went to bed in a separate bedroom. Schneider left home at 10:30 a.m. the next day, believing her husband was OK, Boyd said. At 11:45 a.m., the personal assistant became concerned when Williams failed to respond to knocks at his door, Boyd said. When the assistant entered, Williams was unresponsive, clothed and "cool to the touch," Boyd said. The belt was wedged between the closet door and the door frame, Williams' right shoulder was touching the door and his body was "slightly suspended," as though in a seated position. Tiburon Fire Department personnel pronounced Williams dead at 12:02 p.m., Boyd said. Due to concerns about photos being taken or released, his body was taken to Napa County for an autopsy, Boyd added.
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Post by Admin on Aug 19, 2014 15:17:28 GMT
The famed generosity of actor Robin Williams touched countless lives — including that of a woman living with terminal cancer a world away. Before taking his own life last Monday amid struggles with depression and Parkinson’s disease, the comic left a message to a New Zealand mother also battling a devastating illness. After getting diagnosed with lung, bowel and liver cancer in January, 21-year-old Vivian Waller made a bucket list that included meeting Williams. Unable to travel to the U.S., one of her pals reached out to the beloved actor — who responded a few months ago with a short clip emailed to her family, said a report by the Sunday Star Times in Auckland. "Hi Vivian, it's Robin Williams here saying 'hey girl what's going on down there in New Zealand,’” he intoned in his unmistakable jolly delivery, before mentioning Waller’s husband and daughter. "I'm sending all my love to you, Jack and Sophie,” he said. “Knock this off your bucket list." After a brief ditty, Williams signed off with "much love to you, baby" then blew the young bride a kiss. Husband Jack Waller told the paper his wife was thrilled beyond belief to receive the encouraging missive. The Oscar-winning actor hanged himself in his San Francisco home. His wife Susan Schneider has said he struggled with addiction, depression and early stages of Parkinson’s. Months before he took his own life, Robin Williams made a video clip for Vivian Waller, who lives in New Zealand and has terminal cancer. Tales of the actor’s inspiring good will have poured out since his passing. Dubbed by some the “comedic Mother Theresa,” Williams once chartered a plane to visit a terminally-ill girl and would call to cheer up sick patients. Vivian Waller’s bucket list also included celebrating her 21st birthday, getting married — which happened in February after a fundraiser paid for the wedding — celebrating her daughter’s first birthday, that came within a few months, and visiting Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
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Post by Admin on Aug 21, 2014 13:45:29 GMT
NEWS of Robin Williams' tragic death shocked the nation when it was announced earlier this month. Now, just over a week after the late actor's suicide was confirmed, new reports show his ashes were scattered the day after he passed. According to the Mirror, the Mrs. Doubtfire star's death certificate states that he was laid to rest "in San Francisco Bay off the coast of Marin County." It had been Robin's home for almost 50 years. On Sunday, it was reported that close friends and family were gathering for a 'very private' memorial service to be held in his home town of Tiburon. The comedian's third wife Susan Schneider confirmed the plans, with the 63-year-old's eldest son saying it would be a "very small and intimate" affair. Robin died on August 11 in what is thought to be an unplanned suicide. He is believed to have been making many future plans with a friend just hours before the tragic event.
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