Day 1689 (12/08/2014)

What terribly sad news that Robin Williams, an absolute comic genius, great actor and seemingly nice guy has taken his own life.

I looked for a picture of Robin Williams to use, it could have been from Mork & Mindy, Good Morning Vietnam or even Mrs Doubtfire but with comedians the photographs that often say the most show them as themselves, usually with a pain in their eyes and an inner personal struggle.

Mental health, depression, suicide aren't about success or the trappings of success, it is about how you feel within yourself and the demons that you carry.

How very sad for his family & friends, who as well as having to cope with the lose of someone they loved they are left with questions that they can not answer because they will never know.

Stan Collymore and Marcus Trescothick speak well about the subject but no-one will ever know unless they have been there.

Recently Stephen Fry talked about it to Richard Herring, its worth listening to, as an innocent question had quite an answer.