Robin Williams, Pam Dawber

Robin Williams commits suicide

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams, 63, committed “suicide due to asphyxia” at his Northern California home Monday, law enforcement officials said.

"He has been battling severe depression of late," his media representative Mara Buxbaum told CNN. Williams had substance abuse and alcohol problems for decades.

Williams married graphic designer Susan Schneider in Napa Valley, California, in 2011.

Williams, a genius at improvisation comedy, burst into the American consciousness as the alien Mork from Ork in the Mork & Mindy TV series co-starring former model Pam Dawber, actor Mark Harmon’s wife. 

The Mork character made his first appearance on “Happy Days” before spinning off into his own series on ABC.

In the movies, Williams won an Oscar for “Good Will Hunting” and was nominated for “Dead Poets Society,” “The Fisher King” and “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

In 2014, Dawber reunited with Williams on his comedy series, “The Crazy Ones,” as a love interest of Williams' character.

For an incredible video of Robin Wiliams' meeting with Koko, the gorilla who understands English and American sign language, click on http://www.reshareworthy.com/robin-williams-meets-koko/#IPe39FkqQJSpJThK.01