Robin Williams' longtime friends and fellow comedians recalled the depth of the actor's cocaine use in a new documentary. The 'Mrs. Doubtfire' star died by suicide in 2014.
Robin Williams' sudden death shocked the world in 2014, and now his friends and colleagues are giving an inside look into the years before he died by suicide. The depth of Williams' drug use was highlighted in Vice's 'The Dark Side of Comedy' documentary series. The comedian's episode marked the premiere of the show's second season.
Robin's highs were so high and his lows were often low,' his 'Mork and Mindy' co-star Gina Hecht said during the documentary. Due to Williams' high-energy performance onstage, many speculated that the comedian had turned to cocaine, with some saying they would see the actor head to the back of The Comedy Store, where drugs were prevalent. Williams' longtime friend Allan Stephan recalled a moment that led him to worry.
Filmmaker and comedian Mike Binder recalled Williams' reaction to 'a gram of coke' while the two were out in Hollywood in the '80s. 'Robin said, ‘Let me take that. Do you mind if I grab a hit off that in the bathroom?’' Binder recalled in the documentary. 'He came back, and it was empty. It was like, ‘Whoa.’ It was like 8:15 at night.' 'It was an accident, I'm sorry,' Binder said the comedian responded after being called out for taking the entire gram.
John Belushi's death in 1982 'threw cold water' on Williams, who had been close to the comedian. Belushi died from a drug overdose in a bungalow at the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood, California. Belushi's death, along with the birth of Williams' first son in 1983, really helped the comedian clean up his drug addiction, according to the documentary. Williams quit cocaine 'cold turkey,' his longtime friend Stanley Wilson said.
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