Robin Williams' Last Days Before Suicide Alarmed Friends: 'He was Sobbing at the End of the day Every day!' Robin Williams committed suicide in 2014. All sorts of speculations were made as to why, with the most common one being him depressed.
Robin Williams Sixth Death Anniversary: Recalling the 'Wild Goose Chase' of Misdiagnoses Ending in Actor's Suicide Robin Williams suffered one misdiagnosis of his symptoms after another. It was so frustrating for the actor and his family not to truly understand what was happening.