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http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/08/robin-williams-had-serious-money-troubles-in-months-before-his-death-claims-friend-was-the-pressure-too-much/
So says the article in the link above. I can’t imagine someone hanging himself because he might have to downsize his mansion, or take a movie role that didn’t entirely appeal to him. But that’s the explanation of “a close family friend”. Williams was “worried about his family’s financial security”
I’m not saying this COULDN’T be true, but most people don’t kill themselves in the belief that their families will be economically better off, even if they do have a huge life insurance policy (full disclosure – I’m an insurance professional. Suicide is an excludable event for the first 10 years under most policies).
I’m not ready to discard the original take by reporters: Williams had lifelong drinking and addiction problems, and history of failed interventions and visits to rehab clinics. Long term alcohol use is strongly associated with suicide, even if there aren’t underlying mental health issues. I fully understand that Hollywood is in denial over its substance abuse issues, and would like to chalk William's death up to "career disappointment", but that doesn't change the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Whitney Houston, Heath Ledger, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain . . . legalized drugs don't prevent this sort of thing. They accelerate it, with lower cost, easier access, and higher quality.
I don’t want to seem unsympathetic to a recent suicide. But if I had the fame and career and lifestyle of Robin Williams, I could somehow find the will to go on, even if I had to take an occasional movie role that I didn’t find Oscar-worthy.
Full disclosure – a US resident is twice as likely to take his own life as to die in any form of homicide – gun, knife, vehicular, beating, whatever. The country with the highest level of suicides is Greenland where you’re 7 or 8 times more likely to take your own life than in america. In fact, 34 countries have higher suicide rates than america, including Japan, Sweden, Russia, Belgium, Finland, and France. At the other end of the spectrum, a number of countries (self) report unbelievably low statistics: Haiti, Pakistan, Venezuela and a host of other 3rd world countries are evidently the happiest places on earth, if their governments are to be believed.
So says the article in the link above. I can’t imagine someone hanging himself because he might have to downsize his mansion, or take a movie role that didn’t entirely appeal to him. But that’s the explanation of “a close family friend”. Williams was “worried about his family’s financial security”
I’m not saying this COULDN’T be true, but most people don’t kill themselves in the belief that their families will be economically better off, even if they do have a huge life insurance policy (full disclosure – I’m an insurance professional. Suicide is an excludable event for the first 10 years under most policies).
I’m not ready to discard the original take by reporters: Williams had lifelong drinking and addiction problems, and history of failed interventions and visits to rehab clinics. Long term alcohol use is strongly associated with suicide, even if there aren’t underlying mental health issues. I fully understand that Hollywood is in denial over its substance abuse issues, and would like to chalk William's death up to "career disappointment", but that doesn't change the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Whitney Houston, Heath Ledger, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain . . . legalized drugs don't prevent this sort of thing. They accelerate it, with lower cost, easier access, and higher quality.
I don’t want to seem unsympathetic to a recent suicide. But if I had the fame and career and lifestyle of Robin Williams, I could somehow find the will to go on, even if I had to take an occasional movie role that I didn’t find Oscar-worthy.
Full disclosure – a US resident is twice as likely to take his own life as to die in any form of homicide – gun, knife, vehicular, beating, whatever. The country with the highest level of suicides is Greenland where you’re 7 or 8 times more likely to take your own life than in america. In fact, 34 countries have higher suicide rates than america, including Japan, Sweden, Russia, Belgium, Finland, and France. At the other end of the spectrum, a number of countries (self) report unbelievably low statistics: Haiti, Pakistan, Venezuela and a host of other 3rd world countries are evidently the happiest places on earth, if their governments are to be believed.
