From: Gregory Brown To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bcc: [email protected] Subject: Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... 08/17/2014 Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 07:51:14 +0000 Attachments: POLITICO_poll,fitay_out_of Ulcraine,_Middle_East_Alexander_BumsfOLITICO_07_2 2_2014.docx; Locking_Up_Fewer Feople_Doesn't_Lead_Toincreased_Crime,_Report_Says_Lydia_O'Co nner_Huff Post_07_25_20 I 4.docx; Roy_Ayers_bio.docx; 18 Health Benefits_Of Whole_Grains_Amanda Gardner Health.com_Aug._10,_2014.doc x Inline-Images: image.png; image( I ).png; image(2).png; image(3).png; image(4).png; image(5).png; image(6).png; image(7).png; image(8).png; image(9).png; image(10).png DEAR FRIEND He was beloved. Successful. Wealthy. Famous. As emotional tributes pour in for Robin Williams, there is also an unspoken, troubling question: Why? As we know depression can strike anyone, at any time — but for many it comes as a surprise when someone who seemingly has it all and makes the world laugh is quietly suffering. Many will claim that every time someone who is talented, beloved, successful, wealthy and famous commits suicide it is a "sad" surprise. Well no, I say. When I first met Robin with his first wife Valeri in the South of France at the top of his celebrity during his hit television show Mork & Mindy in 1979 he was self-medicating as his comic manic demeanor bordering on true genius covered up the fact that he was fighting demons even then. Recognizing the symptoms, I remember asking him about Freddie Prinze who was staring in the hit show, Chico and the Man when he shot himself after struggling with depression and drug use on January 28, 1977. Rather than to answer my inquiry he chose to seduce me with a bit of his comic genius and we sauntered on to Circus Circus which was the reigning disco at that time in Cannes. But since we haven't identified his exact demons let's talk about depression because it is estimated that there are 19 million American adults l