SAN
RAFAEL, Calif. — Robin Williams hanged himself with a belt at his home,
a coroner’s office official said Tuesday in providing the first details
of the actor’s death.
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personal assistant knocked on Mr. Williams’s bedroom door at around
11:45 a.m. on Monday and grew concerned when he did not answer, Lt.
Keith Boyd, an assistant deputy chief coroner for Marin County, told
reporters at a news conference. The assistant went inside and found Mr.
Williams slightly suspended from a door frame in a seated position, Lt.
Boyd said.
The assistant called 911 and emergency workers arrived at noon, and declared him dead at 12:02 p.m., the official said.
The
authorities found a pocket knife with dried blood on it and superficial
wounds on Mr. Williams’s left wrist, Lt. Boyd said. Mr. Williams was
declared dead by asphyxiation by hanging.
Officials said Mr. Williams had been treated for depression. They declined to comment on whether there was a suicide note.
source: http://www.nytimes.com
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