Comedian Robin Williams Dead at 63

Today, August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 a.m, Marin County Emergency Communications received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious and not breathing inside his residence in Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff’s Office, the Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at 12:00 pm. The resident, actor/comedian Robin Williams, was pronounced dead at 12:02 pm.

An investigation into the cause, manner, and circumstances of the death is currently underway by the Investigations and Coroner Division s of the Sheriff’s Office. Preliminary information developed during the investigation indicates Mr. Williams was last seen alive at home, where he lived with his wife, at about10:00 pm on August 10, 2014. He was located this morning shortly before the 9-1-1 call was placed to Marin County Communications. At this time, the Sheriff’s Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made. A forensic examination is currently scheduled for August 12, 2014 with subsequent toxicology testing to be conducted.