It’s unbelievable that the renowned Robin Williams passed away ten years ago. The late actor was a titan of the movie industry, a humorous performer with virtually no rivals, and his passing had a profound effect on society. Even though unfavorable circumstances led to his death, his legacy is still very much alive.
It should come as no surprise that his life and legacy are still discussed today, and that many of them speculate about what may have happened if his luck and destiny had gone differently.
More than ten years after the premature passing of the Good Will Hunting star, Billy Connolly, a comedian and close friend of the actor, narrated the last things William ever said to him. and they’re just as endearing as you might expect… It’s true that Robin Williams and humor go hand in hand.
Williams became into one of the funniest men to have ever graced our screens during the course of his colorful career. The humor he created, which blends gut-busting hilarity with bizarre, wonderful, flawed, and brilliant characters, continues to make people laugh ten years after his death.
But in this case, tragedy also afflicted Williams, to the point where the actor thought life was not worth living at all. Williams, 63, was discovered dead at home on August 11, 2014; it looked as though he had taken his own life.
Williams had a successful acting career, but he also struggled with things like alcoholism. In an attempt to strengthen his resolve to recover, Williams spent three weeks at the Hazelden facility in Minnesota in 2014.
The Jumanji star reportedly struggled with cocaine addiction and alcoholism in the early 1980s before giving up when his friend John Belushi overdosed and died in 1982. The late Hollywood icon’s agent said that he had been “battling severe depression” after his death in 2014. Later, his wife Susan Schneider provided more details about his death, including the fact that he had only received a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis a few months prior to his passing.
An autopsy revealed that Williams suffered from Lewy body dementia (LBD), which caused notable changes to his personality, mobility, temperament, memory, reasoning, sleep patterns, and mood.
It goes without saying that many people were devastated by Williams’ death, especially his closest friends and family.
Sir Billy Connolly was a person who fit neatly into the first category; he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The comedian and actor responded, “You have to give a guy the position that he’s wise enough to make up his own mind,” when asked what he would have done differently if he had known Williams meant to commit suicide. When asked if he would have attempted to save his own life, Connolly replied, “I don’t think so.”
Connolly, 81, also disclosed that he and Williams had discussed their experiences with Parkinson’s disease over the phone and frequently mentioned how much they loved and cared for one another. Connolly talked about his relationship with Williams when he appeared on the BBC show In My Own Words.
Williams added that the actor had called him the week prior, asking to go to dinner. He called me and said, “Let’s have dinner,” and he told me, “I love you.” Connolly remembered their last meal together. I expressed my gratitude. “Do you believe me?” he asked. “Of course I do,” I said. He said, “You have my undying love.” That was excellent, in my view.
“How strange, how strange for him to say that, it’s not like him normally,” was my first thinking. Connolly declared, “He passed away over the weekend.” Peace be with you, Robin Williams.
