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June 2nd , 2020
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Robin Williams
Born July 21st, 1951
He had a wife and 3 children.
He was a professional.
He experienced unipolar depression, bipolar and addiction.
He died August 11th, 2014 due to suicide by hanging.
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Robin Williams was born in Chicago and raised in Michigan. Mr. Williams lived with his mother and father growing up but was raised by his family's housekeeper/caretaker. He was shy during his childhood but was able to overcome it by participating in drama during high school (Davis, 2018). He was married to three women in which he had one child with his first wife and two with his second wife. He began his career in stand-up comedy. Later in Mr. Williams career, he began acting and singing. Mr. Williams stated that his drug and alcohol use started due to stress from performing in stand-up comedy. There is no proof that Mr. Williams has been diagnosed with unipolar depression or bipolar, but his behaviors meet the criteria for the disorders. He did however speak about his addiction and had attended different facilities for treatment. There is no evidence of why Mr. Williams ended his life, but it is suggested that is was due to his mental illness and health issues (Dennis, Coyne, Fowler, etc. all, 2014).
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What Robin Williams Was Famous For:
Mr. Williams career began in stand-up comedy which led into him singing and acting. Mr. Williams starred in a lot of different movies including Mark & Mindy, Good Will Hunting and Mrs. Doubtfire. He also played voices of characters in movies such as Aladdin; he was the voice of the genie and did a lot of singing. Mr. Williams was known for his stand-up comedy which is also what he began doing at the beginning of his career. He played roles of characters in movies along with singing in several animated movies (Dennis, Coyne, Fowler, etc. all, 2014).
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Acting
Being a Comedian
Singing
When His Illnesses First Developed
Mr. Williams began using cocaine and alcohol early during his career. He claimed that his addiction began due to the stress of performing (Davis, 2018). Throughout his life, he was admitted into different treatment facilities. At one point in his life, he stopped using cocaine and only drank alcohol. There is no definite or documented information on his mental illnesses, but the undocumented information may have been what caused him to relapse or continue using. If he was unaware, unable, or unsure of receiving assistance for his mental illnesses, he may have been self-medicating (Dennis, Coyne, Fowler, etc. all, 2014).
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Early during his career, Mr. Williams experienced addiction (cocaine, alcohol), Unipolar Depression, and Bipolar.
Toward the end of his career (2014) he went to rehab once again for addiction.
Mr. Williams continued to experience symptoms of his mental illnesses throughout his career.
References
Davis, M. V. (2018). Robin Williams. Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia.
Dennis, A., Coyne, K., Fowler, T., Gomez, P., Green, M., Helling, S., Heyman, J. d., Lang, A., Leonard, E., Mcneil, E., Nelson, J., Olya, G., Rice, L., Rubenstein, J. R., Sands, N., Strohm, E., & Chiu, M. (2014). 1951-2014 Robin Williams. (cover story). People, 82(8), 62.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams
https://psychcentral.com/blog/robin-williams-bipolar-sufferer-dead-at-63-due-to-suicide/
