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Reportedly, he had been recently in rehab in Minnesota, and after returning to California he was being treated for depression. His life appears to have ended in suicide, although further evidence (including Rx records and tissue samples) will be needed in order to determine whether his death might have been a side effect of Rx medication.

"Robin Williams’ impressive filmography made him a legend in his time"

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"Williams was found dead by his personal assistant Monday inside his Tiburon home. Authorities said it appeared the cause of death was "asphyxia due to hanging," although toxicology reports for a final report will take weeks.
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[Williams' widow] Susan Schneider also said Williams' sobriety was intact as "he struggled with his own battles of depression, anxiety as well as early stages of Parkinson’s Disease, which he was not yet ready to share publicly."
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"Since his passing, all of us who loved Robin have found some solace in the tremendous outpouring of affection and admiration for him from the millions of people whose lives he touched. His greatest legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles.""

"Toxicology testing found the antidepressant Mirtazapine as well as caffeine and the Parkinson’s mediation levodopa in his blood."

Mirtazapine is a prescription drug that manipulates serotonin levels in a way similar to SSRIs. As with SSRIs, mirtazapine can cause suicidality, and a nasty withdrawal syndrome. Patients on these drugs tend to have other risk factors for suicide, so it isn't usually possible to prove their individual suicides resulted from the drug, but one conclusion is obvious from a public health perspective: the drug didn't save him. That is typical; even the manufacturers' cherry-picked "studies" show only marginal benefit at best (probably only a placebo effect) and a much higher risk of toxicity. All of the people involved in putting Robin Williams and others onto the SSRIs and similar drugs got paid anyway: the manufacturers that falsely advertised them on TV, the commercial news that eagerly took the money, the paid prescribers, the pharmacists, and the academies who trained them, and the politicians who made it all mandatory ("Thanks, Obamacare!"). Unlimited money got spent on the secular cult of eternal life through infinite spending ("no lifetime caps!"), and yet he was not saved.