I've seen some people on the Internet saying that he owed his fans a letter to explain his death... which I'm still kind of floored by.
It does raise the question of who "owns" a celebrity. He happens to have been in a line of work where people think they feel emotionally connected to you despite having never met you; but realistically he was doing a job that he was well paid for (because he was appealing and talented), and just like any other well-paid professional, he had a private/personal life and in that life he was whoever he was... not the celebrity, just a man as human as anyone else.
I wouldn't expect my plumber or doctor to involve me in their personal affairs or explain in detail whatever emotional distress they might be suffering outside of the job... why are celebrities different? It's like society tries to "own" them to some degree. That must be stressful in itself.
63 is not that old by modern standards. Had he died at 85 of natural causes, I wouldn't be shocked.
Yeah, that's the shocker. Male life expectancy in the US for men is around 78 years right now, and that's not quite accurate because it's always based on people who are already dead, not the people who are currently alive and might live a lot longer in the light of improving medicine/treatment.
So he had another 15 years +/- a few, according to the statistics, if he remained healthy.
Plus, it seems very probable that if he hadn't been suffering depression or another issue, he would have wanted to live. It's not like he decided, "Oh, I'm 63, I've lived a long and profitable life and now I've decided to draw it to a close, it was wonderful," it's likely, "I'm tired of feeling so horrible all the time and just don't have the strength to keep going." At least, that's how depression works.
Same here. My personal favorites are The Fisher King, Dead Poet's, and Awakenings.
Fisher King, Dead Poet's, and Good Will Hunting for me.
Well, and Aladdin.
It was also kind of touching to see him show up in A.I.