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Structure of the Lead：

WHO-TransAsia Airways

WHEN-July 23, 2014

WHAT-a flight crash

WHY-when retry during a landing attempt

WHERE-Penghu

HOW-not given

Keywords：

1. departure 出發

2. contact 聯繫

3. injured 受傷

4. feared dead 遇難

Robin Williams, boisterous comedy star, dead at 63 from apparent suicide

By Haven Daley and Hillel Italie ,AP
August 13, 2014, 12:02 am TWN

SAN FRANCISCO -- He was the funniest guy in the room, something that made it all the harder for friends and fans to accept that beneath that reservoir of frenetic energy and seemingly endless good humor resided demons so dark they could push Robin Williams to suicide.

It was no secret that the Oscar-winning actor had suffered for years from periodic bouts of substance abuse and depression — he made reference to it himself in his comedy routines. But word that he had killed himself Monday at his San Francisco Bay Area home left both friends in the Hollywood community and neighbors in the quiet neighborhood of Tiburon that he called home equally stunned and grief-stricken.

“It was so sudden and he was such a great guy and it's such a loss to the whole community,” said Daniel Jennings who lived across the street from Williams in the quiet neighborhood where the actor was often seen riding his bike and stopping to talk to neighbors. One thing he never did, residents said, was act like a celebrity.

“He was really nice to all the neighbors,” Daniels said. “Really appreciated his kindness.”

He was last seen alive at home about 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the Marin County coroner's office. Shortly before noon, the Sheriff's Department received an emergency call from the home, where the star of “Good Will Hunting,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Good Morning, Vietnam” and dozens of other films was pronounced dead.

Sheriff's officials said a preliminary investigation determined the cause of death was suicide due to asphyxia. Williams was 63.

“This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken,” said Williams' wife, Susan Schneider. “On behalf of Robin's family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions.”

Battling Depression

Williams had been battling severe depression recently, said Mara Buxbaum, his press representative. Just last month, he announced he was returning to a 12-step treatment program he said he needed after 18 months of nonstop work. He had sought treatment in 2006 after a relapse following 20 years of sobriety.

Williams joked about that fall off the wagon during a comedy tour, saying, “I went to rehab in wine country to keep my options open.”

Likewise, when word spread about his struggles with drugs in the early 1980s, Williams responded with a joke that for a time became a catchphrase for his generation's recreational drug use: “Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.”

His struggles never seemed to affect his talent.

From his breakthrough in the late 1970s as the alien in the hit TV show “Mork & Mindy,” through his standup act and numerous hit films, the short, barrel-chested Williams ranted and shouted as if just sprung from solitary confinement. Loud, fast and manic, he parodied everyone from John Wayne to Keith Richards, impersonating a Russian immigrant as easily as a pack of Nazi attack dogs.

He was a riot in drag in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” or as a cartoon genie in “Aladdin.”

He could do drama, too, winning his Academy Award as an empathetic therapist in the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting.”

He won Golden Globes for “Good Morning,

Vietnam

,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “The Fisher King.”

Other film credits included Robert Altman's “Popeye” (a box office bomb), Paul Mazursky's “Moscow on the Hudson,” Steven Spielberg's “Hook” and Woody Allen's “Deconstructing Harry.”

“Robin was a lightning storm of comic genius and our laughter was the thunder that sustained him. He was a pal and I can't believe he's gone,” Spielberg said.

As word of his death spread, tributes from inside and outside the entertainment industry poured in.

“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien — but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most — from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/art/movies-&-films/2014/08/13/414781/p2/Robin-Williams.htm

Structure of the Lead：

WHO-Robin Williams

WHEN-August 13, 2014

WHAT-Robin Williams had killed himself

WHY-because of severe depression

WHERE-at his home in San Francisco

HOW-not given

Keywords：

1. suicide 自殺

2. resided 居住

3. substance 物質

4. preliminary 初步的
5. asphyxia 窒息
6. depression 抑鬱症
7. empathetic 移情的
8. relapse 復發
9. sobriety 清醒
10. immeasurable 不可計量的

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