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<\/p>\nThe world lost a true treasure on the day that Robin Williams died.<\/p>\n
A much-loved comedian and entertainer almost without equal, Williams died by suicide in 2014 after a wrongful diagnosis of Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s difficult to accept that next year will mark a decade without the Jumanji and Mrs. Doubtfire star. His passing left a huge hole in the entertainment industry that will never be filled, and millions across the world miss him greatly.<\/p>\n
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Perhaps the most heartbreaking element of Williams\u2019 death \u2013 and something that only came to the public\u2019s attention afterward \u2013 was the depths of his struggles. Though he put on a brave face for the world and was never anything less than fully committed to making others laugh, he had long been fighting battles with personal demons.<\/p>\n
Indeed, fellow actor Sam Neill has described in his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? how Williams was the \u201cloneliest man on a lonely planet\u201d \u2026.<\/p>\n
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According to reports, Jurassic Park star Sam Neill has shed some light on his relationship with the late Robin Williams, and it\u2019s enough to break our hearts all over again.<\/p>\n
In his memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?, Neill recalled his experience working with Williams on Bicentennial Man (1999), and told how he developed a close friendship with the comedian during filming.<\/p>\n
In the book, the New Zealand actor \u2013 who recently revealed he\u2019s been contending with stage three cancer \u2013 said Williams was the \u201cfunniest\u201d and \u201csaddest\u201d man he had ever met.<\/p>\n
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\nIn excerpts from his memoir published by People, Neill wrote: \u201cWe would talk about this and that, sometimes even about the work we were about to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
He described Williams as \u201cirresistibly, outrageously, irrepressibly, gigantically funny.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet Neill also spoke candidly on the pain he saw beneath his co-star\u2019s comedic facade.<\/p>\n
Neill wrote: \u201cHe had fame, he was rich, people loved him, great kids\u2014the world was his oyster. And yet I felt more sorry for him than I can express.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the loneliest man on a lonely planet.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nWhat\u2019s more, Neill added that Williams was \u201cinconsolably solitary, and deeply depressed\u201d, claiming he could sense a \u201cdark space inside from the minute he flung open the door.\u201d<\/p>\n
That Williams was locked in a fight with powers determined to destroy his life cannot be questioned. In 2014 he was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease, but this would later turn out to be a misdiagnosis \u2013 after his death, it was discovered that he had Lewy body dementia.<\/p>\n
Susan Schneider Williams, who married Robin in 2011, said: \u201cNearly every region of his brain was under attack. He experienced himself disintegrating.\u201d<\/p>\n
She described his condition as \u201ca disease for which there is no cure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe devastation on Robin\u2019s brain from Lewy bodies was one of the worst cases medical professionals have ever seen, yet throughout all of this his heart remained strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart breaks anew every time I hear stories about Robin Williams and his struggles. A great man and a fantastically inspiring individual.<\/p>\n
Were you a Robin Williams fan? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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