Robin Williams’ın beklenmedik ölümü üzerinden yaklaşık 12 yıl geçti. Genel kamuoyu aktörün depresyonla mücadele ettiğini pek bilmiyordu; fakat oğlu Zak, yakın zamanda babasının 2014 Ağustos’ta intihar ederek hayatına son vermeden önce destek aradığını biliyorduğunu açıkladı. O dönemde Robin, kendisine gerçekten yardımcı olan bir desteği bulmakta zorlandığı için hayal kırıklığı yaşadığı yönünde, oğlu şu sözlerle açıkladı.
Zak, merhum babasının ihtiyaç duyduğu desteğe çok yaklaşmış olduğuna inandığını ekledi.
Zak ayrıca babasının ölümüne giden günlerde neyle mücadele ettiğine dair bazı ayrıntıları paylaştı.
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“That was hard for me because I don’t think he was far off from finding something that would have felt like it was more helpful for him,” Zak explained. As his son, Zak feels that there are still some “unresolved considerations.”
“The main thing for me is just I loved him so much, and I couldn’t have told him enough,” Zak said. “And for someone who was such a loving human being and just giving his heart to the world, I had hopes that he would have found some peace. For me, there’s some unresolved considerations relating to that.”
Zak has used his platform to speak up about mental health.
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“That was hard for me because I don’t think he was far off from finding something that would have felt like it was more helpful for him,” Zak explained. As his son, Zak feels that there are still some “unresolved considerations.”
“The main thing for me is just I loved him so much, and I couldn’t have told him enough,” Zak said. “And for someone who was such a loving human being and just giving his heart to the world, I had hopes that he would have found some peace. For me, there’s some unresolved considerations relating to that.”
Zakhas used his platform to speak up about mental health.
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It’s also not the first time that he has spoken about what his father had been struggling with in the days leading up to his death. In 2021, during an appearance on The Genius Life podcast, Zak touched on the frustration Robin experienced when “what he was going through didn’t match one-to-one [with what] many Parkinson’s patients experience” (before his death, he had been misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s instead of Lewy Body Dementia).
On the 12-year anniversary of his dad’s death, Zak took to Instagram to reflect on his grief. “Grief at twelve years is different,” he wrote in August. “Quieter, but deeper. Somewhere along the way, it turned into purpose. To anyone struggling today, I can only share what’s true for me. Through all the grief, nothing has been as healing as service. And when it got too heavy, reaching out saved me.”
He continued, “You taught the world that laughter and pain live in the same house, Dad. Neither one has to be carried alone. I look into the eyes of my children and know you would have loved them so much. They love you. We all love you. We all miss you. Your mission continues because so many people carry it with us.”
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