Robin Williams, Aktor Pemenang Oscar Meninggal Dunia Diduga Bunuh Diri
Oscar Winning Actor Robin Williams was Found Dead at His Home
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
ROBIN Williams, aktor dan komedian peraih Oscar Robbin Williams ditemukan meninggal dunia di rumahnya di California Utara Senin waktu AS dengan dugaan bunuh diri, kata Kantor Sheriff Marin County.
Divisi forensik sheriff itu mengatakan bahwa dia diduga bunuh diri karena asphyxia (darah kekurangan oksigen), namun penyebab kematian masih diselidiki.
"Pagi ini, saya kehilangan suami sekaligus sahabat terbaik saya, sementara dunia kehilangan salah seorang artis dan insan paling dicintainya. saya sungguh patah hati," kata sang istri, Susan Schneider, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Williams yang memenangi Oscar berkat perannya sebagai ahli terapi pada film produksi 1997 "Good Will Hunting" diserang depresi berat belakangan ini, kata Mara Buxbaum.
Williams yang mulai dikenal lewat serial televisi 1970-an "Mork & Mindy" dan di masa lalu berjuang dari kecanduan, masuk pusat rehabilitasi di Minnesota bulan lalu untuk memulihkan ketenangannya.
Perwakilannya saat itu mengatakan bahwa Williams tidak menggunakan obat-obatan atau alkohol namun dirawat di pusat rehabilitasi itu demi memulihkan dan memokuskan pada ketenangannya setelah bekerja dengan jadwal lebih lama dari biasanya.
Kantor Sheriff Marin County mengaku telah menerima panggilan darurat sekitar siang hari Senin waktu AS, yang mengatakan bahwa Williams dalam keadaan tidak sadar dan tidak bernafas di rumahnya di dekat Tiburon, arah utara San Francisco.
Temannya sesama komedian Steve Martin menyampaikan cuitan, "Saya tak bisa lebih kaget lagi oleh kehilangan Robin Williams, talenta hebat, mitra berakting, hatinya yang tulus."
OSCAR-WINNING actor and comedian Robin Williams was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California, Marin County Sheriff's Office said. He was 63.
The sheriff's coroner's division said it suspects the death was a suicide due to asphyxia, but the cause of death is still under investigation.
"This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken," Williams's wife Susan Schneider said in a statement.
Williams, who won an Academy Award for his role as a fatherly therapist in 1997's "Good Will Hunting," had been suffering from severe depression recently, his publicist Mara Buxbaum said.
Williams, who introduced his frenetic style on late 1970s TV series "Mork & Mindy" and had struggled with addiction in the past, had entered a Minnesota rehabilitation center last month to help him maintain sobriety.
His representatives at the time said Williams was not using drugs or alcohol but had gone to the center to "fine-tune and focus" his sobriety after working a longer-than-usual schedule.
The Marin County Sheriff's office said it received an emergency call about noon local time on Monday, saying that Williams was unconscious and not breathing at his home near Tiburon, north of San Francisco.
Fellow comedic actor Steve Martin said in a tweet: "I could not be more stunned by the loss of Robin Williams, mensch, great talent, acting partner, genuine soul."