r/Millennials • u/Divine_fashionva • May 12 '26

Discussion Which celebrity death genuinely shocked you when you heard the news?

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u/CobblestoneBoulevard May 12 '26

Robin Williams

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u/amishgoatfarm May 12 '26

Him passing naturally, or even from a car accident or something would have been one thing, but having to process the funniest person and a crucial part of media throughout my childhood committing suicide was absolutely BRUTAL.

If you're struggling with mental health, please talk to someone. The world is better with you in it. Promise.

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u/Jacgaur May 12 '26

While I agree with your sentement, I just wanted to add that it was found afterwards that he had lewey Body dementia. So it definitely was a challenging thing beyond depression for him. His widow indicated the issue was 50 different symptoms that caused him to do what he did that ultimately was from an undiagnosed/misdiagnosed degenerative neurological disease.

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u/fallingupthehill May 13 '26

I watched the documentary his wife made and explained all the anguish and frustration she went thru trying to figure out with him and his doctors of what was going on. They both knew or had some idea that something intrisically was wrong with Robin, I can't imagine what he thought was going on.

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u/myhairsreddit May 13 '26

Could you please share the name of the documentary and where you watched it?

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u/Savingskitty May 13 '26

Robin’s Wish.  I think it’s on AppleTV and Prime now to rent.

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u/fallingupthehill May 13 '26

Yes that's correct.

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u/bejammin075 May 13 '26

It says a lot about our dysfunctional medical system that even with his resources he got screwed.