In deep depression and beset by money-worries, Robin Williams cut wrist and hanged himself as unwitting wife slept in another room: Assistant found him when he failed to appear next morning
The legendary actor, 63, was found dead by an assistant at his home in Tiburon, California, at 11.55am on Monday
His wife Susan Schneider last saw him at 10.30pm Sunday when she went to bed and left Monday morning thinking he was still asleep
A neighbor who was one of the last people to see the Oscar-winner alive has exclusively told MailOnline that Williams was a 'shell' this weekend
Williams talked about needing taking jobs for the money and reportedly told a friend he had 'serious money troubles'
Oscar-winning star had battled depression and addiction to drugs and alcohol for years and spent a stint in rehab last month
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Robin Williams hanged himself with a belt Sunday night while his wife slept in a nearby bedroom, it has been revealed.
The 63-year-old Williams was last seen alive about 10.30pm on Sunday by his third wife Susan Schneider when she went to bed. Williams locked himself in a different bedroom, Marin County Sheriff's Lieutenant Keith Boyd said this afternoon.
By the time an assistant found the Oscar-winning actor's body at 11.55am on Monday, rigor mortis had set in. It normally takes 12 to 18 hours for a body to stiffen after death.
After going to bed Sunday night, Susan got up and left the house to run errands about 10.30am - believing her husband of three years was still asleep.
An assistant, worried when Williams couldn't be roused at 11.45am, broke into the bedroom. Williams was found clothed, in a seated position with a belt around his neck.
He had several superficial cuts on the inside of his left wrist. A pocket knife with what appeared to be dried blood was discovered nearby.
Tragic: Troubled actor Robin Williams was found dead with a belt wrapped around his neck about 11.55am in his bedroom - at least 12 hours after he had killed himself
Suicide: Lieutenant Keith Boyd, with the Marin County Sheriff's Office, said Williams was found dead about 11.55am on Monday - and that rigor mortis had set in
Susan Schneider, Williams wife since 2011, was the last to see her husband alive when she went to bed about 10.30pm on Sunday. He was found dead less than 14 hours later
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Susan Schneider, Williams wife since 2011, was the last to see her husband alive when she went to bed about 10.30pm on Sunday. He was found dead less than 14 hours later
Emergency personnel arrived at noon. At 12:02 he was pronounced dead. Toxicology reports are pending and will take two to six weeks.
Police would not comment on whether Williams left a suicide note, though TMZ reports that his family don't believe he left behind anything explaining his actions.
Police also wouldn't discuss the circumstances under which Williams and his wife went to bed in separate rooms.
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