Robin Williams’ daughter forced to quit social media after internet abuse
Actress Zelda urges respect for family's grief after internet abuse and pilfering of pictures
The daughter of Robin Williams has quit social media, upset by internet trolls and the online pilfering of photos of her Oscar-winning father following his death by apparent suicide.
"I will be leaving this account for a bit while I heal and decide if I'll be deleting it or not," Zelda Williams, 25, wrote on Instagram beneath a photo of a butterfly.
"In this difficult time, please try to be respectful of the accounts of myself, my family and my friends," she asked.
Monday's death of Williams - one of the finest comedy talents of his generation - at the age of 63 prompted a global outpouring of public grief on social media.
Tabloids ran wild with speculation that he might have been pushed to the edge by supposed money problems and the cancellation of his CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones after one season.
He had three films in post-production: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Merry Friggin' Christmas and Absolutely Anything directed by Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones.