There is also a Dementia that's linked with Parkinson's. Maybe he wanted to go out while he was still on top of his game.
Yes. For some strange reason the news of his Parkinson makes me feel, well better is not the right word. I suppose it just makes more sense to me now.
I have, fortunately, never experienced the deep depression there has been so much talk of this week. Like everyone I have been sad, suffered serious losses, had my heartbroken. In other words, lived a life. However, I have never believed any thing was bad enough for me to take my own life.
However, I have always believed, and still do, that if I were faced with a truly debilitating disease I could and would go out on my own terms.
That comes in part from watching a good friend die, just a few years ago, from ALS ( AKA Lou Gerhig's disease). At the end, she was more than ready to go, but physically she was unable to even end her own life. So, I think I better understand Robin's decision.
He was truly one of the few comedic geniuses. By all accounts, and there have been so many, he was also a kind, generous and loving man.
He had demons, but he brought so much joy to so many people.
He has left a wonderful legacy and I hope that going forward we can all concentrate more on his life than his death. I think that would absolutely be what he would have wanted.
