--- description: Oscar-winning actor had battled depression and addiction issues title: Robin Williams Dead: Suicide Suspected image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5173d72b2b3a4c8/69869f1d1eebf76ae2372336/741ede04123442a49fa0b96db2747706-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robin Williams, Comedian and Actor, Dead at 63 by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 1:07 AM CUT  Reed Saxon—AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 1:07 AM CUT The Oscar-winning comedian and actor Robin Williams [has died at 63](http://www.marinsheriff.org/uploads/854.pdf "undefined"), according to police in Marin County, Calif. A statement from the assistant chief deputy coroner of Marin County announced on Monday that the Coroner Divisions of the Sheriff’s Office “suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made.” His publicist confirmed the news. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3102108/robin-williams-dead-marin-county/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3102108/robin-williams-dead-marin-county/"},"headline":"Robin Williams, Comedian and Actor, Dead at 63","datePublished":"2014-08-12T01:07:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:36:39.941Z","description":"Oscar-winning actor had battled depression and addiction issues","url":"https://time.com/3102108/robin-williams-dead-marin-county/","keywords":["remembrance","obituary","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5173d72b2b3a4c8/69869f1d1eebf76ae2372336/741ede04123442a49fa0b96db2747706-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5173d72b2b3a4c8/69869f1d1eebf76ae2372336/741ede04123442a49fa0b96db2747706-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robin Williams","caption":"Robin Williams","creditText":"Reed Saxon—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3102108/robin-williams-dead-marin-county/","name":"Robin Williams, Comedian and Actor, Dead at 63"}}]}] ```