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Originally Posted by nostatic
What he said. Every life is precious, but some impact more than others. For anyone who argues that he should have just "turned it around" and his death isn't more important to people, then congrats - you're in the "everyone gets a trophy for playing" club.
There are winners and losers in life, there are talented and untalented, and there are those who are fairly even keel and those who are deeply troubled.
Note that RW had 20 years of sobriety (without intervention) before falling off the wagon some years back. That would qualify as "just suck it up." Then he went to rehab and got sober again - again sucking it up. But his demons ran quite deep.
Anyone who has lived with or dealt with truly depressed and/or truly creative people get this. People focus on the material aspects of his life - "he had it all." That is an external perspective, and has little to do with his real internal life. You may be able to turn your internal narrative around, but realize that you've not everyone. Different people have different abilities and capabilities.
Empathy is perhaps the most important trait to be learned. It is what allows us to live just a bit of other's lives, enables true leadership, and it also can help to keep our own world in check. Sadly it is lacking in our world.
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Mr Nostatus it is a sad thing for a man who brought so much joy to so many to wind up taking his own life. However life is full of struggle and loss for every human being, by taking his own life Mr Williams didn't stick it out with the team of human kind until the natural end. As such he let the team of human kind who grin and bear it down. This checking out of the hotel California did not make ones struggle in life any easier but adds to the list of losses and pain therein of people who fell by the wayside.
Anytime that I will ever see a piece of Mr Williams work it will not be a joyful experience but be overshadowed with the sad knowledge and memory that he took his own life.