Actor Robin Williams dead at 63
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 - Page 7by Reuters, TIBURON, California
Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday after an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was 63.
The comedian’s appeal stretched across generations and genres, from family fare as the voice of Disney’s blue Genie in Aladdin to his portrayal of a fatherly therapist in the 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, for which he earned his sole Oscar.
However, many remembered the master of impressions on Monday for his tender portrayal in Mrs Doubtfire, when he played the part of a British nanny whose identity he assumed as a divorced father to be with his children.
Williams had been recently suffering from severe depression, his publicist Mara Buxbaum said in a statement and the actor had repeatedly talked about his past struggles with alcohol.
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 was to be conducted yesterday.
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WHAT-Robin Williams dead suicide
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1. versatile：多才多藝的
2. madcap：狂妄的
3. genre：流派
4. sole：唯一的
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7. publicist：公關
8. autopsy：屍檢
9. alcohol：酒精
10. asphyxia：窒息
I am so sad about hearing this bad new. Robin Williams is a good actor.
回覆刪除i am so sad that a good actor passed away.
回覆刪除i have liked to see his movies since i was little.
Robin Williams was really a great actor. I am so sad to hear the news.
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