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Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was 63.
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The Marin County Sheriff’s coroner’s division said it suspected Williams committed suicide by asphyxia, but the cause of death is still under investigation and an autopsy will be conducted on Tuesday.
“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’ wife Susan Schneider said in a statement.

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Williams, who won an Academy Award for his supporting role as a fatherly therapist in the 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, had been suffering from severe depression recently, his publicist Mara Buxbaum said.
Williams had struggled with addiction in the past and had entered a Minnesota rehabilitation centre this summer 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 death of Williams, who had introduced his frenetic and physical style as the quirky alien in the late 1970s television comedy Mork and Mindy, shook Hollywood, and fellow actors mourned the loss of what many called a big-hearted man and one of the most inventive comedians of his time.

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Fellow comedian Steve Martin said in a tweet: “I could not be more stunned by the loss of Robin Williams, mensch, great talent, acting partner, genuine soul.”
The Marin County Sheriff’s office said it received an emergency call at about noon local time on Monday, saying that Williams was unconscious and not breathing at his home near Tiburon, north of San Francisco.

Williams is scheduled to appear in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb on December 19, playing the statue of Teddy Roosevelt who comes to life at night. Twentieth Century Fox, which will distribute the film, had no immediate comment.
In April, The Hollywood Reporter said that Fox’s Fox 2000 division was developing a sequel to his 1993 hit Mrs. Doubtfire that would reunite Williams and director Chris Columbus.
In the film, Williams played one of his most enduring roles as a struggling actor and divorced father who assumes the identity of a British nanny to be closer to his children.
The actor was most recently in the CBS television comedy The Crazy Ones, which was cancelled in May after one season.
Williams, who was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in suburban Detroit, was as skilled at comedic riffing as he was as a dramatic actor, earning four Academy Award nominations, the first for his portrayal of US Army disc jockey Adrian Cronauer during the Vietnam War in Good Morning, Vietnam.
He also earned nominations for the 1990 coming-of-age prep school drama Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King in 1991 in which he plays a homeless man who helps save a suicidal radio host.
Williams’ final tweet was posted on July 31. He wished his daughter Zelda a happy 25th birthday.


Actor Robin Williams found dead in apparent suicide

Actor Robin Williams at an event in Utah in 2009. Photo: Reuters

Actor Robin Williams at an event in New York City in 2006. Photo: AP

A neighbour girl stands in front of the house of US actor Robin Williams, where he was found dead in Tiburon, California. Photo: EPA

Williams won an Academy Award for his supporting role as a fatherly therapist in the 1997 drama Good Will Hunting. Photo: AFP

‘You get a real sense of God in rehab’: How Robin Williams described his struggle with alcohol

Robin Williams reacts after receiving the Stand Up Icon Award during the second annual 2012 Comedy Awards in New York in 2012. Photo: Reuters

Robin Williams, pictured in 2006 when he entered rehab for alcohol addiction after 20 years of sobriety. Photo: AFP

Williams holds his Grammy Award to his ear as he poses for photographers at the 45th annual Grammy Awards in New York in 2003. Photo: Reuters

Williams with the cast of Good Morning Vietnam. Photo: SCMP Pictures.

Williams shares a joke with Jack Nicholson at the Oscars in 1998. Nicholson won for his role in As Good As It Gets and Williams for his role in Good Will Hunting. Photo: AP

Williams with the cast of Good Morning Vietnam. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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Oscar-winning comic and actor, 63, found dead at California home, suspected to have committed suicide by asphyxia


Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California, Marin County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 63.


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Update | Actor Robin Williams found dead in apparent suicide

Oscar-winning comic and actor, 63, found dead at California home, suspected to have committed suicide by asphyxia

PHOTO GALLERY: A glimpse of Robin Williams' dazzling movie life, 1951-2014