Comedy legend Robin Williams was found dead in a suspected suicide yesterday at his home in Tiburon, California.

News of Williams’ sudden and shocking death shook the actor’s close friends, family and the Hollywood entertainment community.
“Our world has lost a comic genius, a gifted actor and a beautiful man,” CBS said in a statement.

Williams, 63, had struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction in the past and was most recently reported to be battling severe depression.

Williams won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting.” He played an inspirational teacher in 1989’s “Dead Poets Society” and in April it was reported that Williams was planning to make a sequel to the 1993 hit movie “Mrs. Doubtfire.”

By Um Yoon-sun (uys@heraldcorp.com)