The cat-and-mouse game between unscrupulous entertainment journalists and celebrities has always been a favorite topic of the masses after dinner, and some people think that paparazzi surveillance violates privacy and creates rumors, and some people think that this kind of surveillance is also a kind of public opinion supervision.
The news of falsehood, truth, and falsehood is flying everywhere, but it is even more impossible for people to understand the real public figures. There is only one way for us to see through a person completely and without a dead end, but sadly, this way often means that an accident has occurred, and that is an autopsy.
The terrible thing about autopsy is that it can restore the life of the deceased, even a lifetime, from the information of the moment of death, and the conclusions are backed by scientific data, and there is little room for reversal.
Everyone has secrets, even the accidental death of sports star Kobe Bryant, the autopsy results also revealed the secret of his use of methyl pyridocete.
Methyl pyridocete is a central nervous system stimulant, clinically used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy, the common trade name is Ritalin, also known as "xueba drug", in Europe and the United States colleges and universities have abuse.
There are countless superstars who have died unexpectedly in history, some of which have been forgotten, and some of which are still discussed because the cause of death is doubtful.
There is such a documentary that invites world-famous forensic pathologists to interpret the autopsy reports of celebrities, and the title is also very straightforward, called "Dissecting the Mystery of Death".
The documentary has been featured for many seasons now, and the stars who have been dissected include Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Ives Presley (Elvis Presley), Marilyn Monroe, Heath Ledger...
Perhaps the most impressive, though, is Robin Williams' suicide case, where the dissection process is confusing, reversed many times, and the final conclusion is also lamentable.
Since death is dissected through an autopsy report, it starts with Robin's death.
On August 11, 2014, Robin was found to have committed suicide at his home in California, without warning or even perverse. At the time, almost all media reports pointed to depression as the cause of suicide.
Just two days before his death, Robin attended an art exhibition organized by his third wife, and earlier that year, Forbes announced that he would shoot a sequel to "Daddy Daddy", which would still be starring Robin.
Here's a brief introduction to Robin Williams, maybe some friends are a little unfamiliar with his name, but most of them will have an impression of his screen image.
Robin Williams is a famous Comedian in the United States, who has achieved great success in film, television, and talk shows, and is a true legend.
Most of the domestic audiences know him through the film works broadcast by CCTV6, including "Good Morning Vietnam", "Death Poetry Society", "Daddy Daddy" (Golden Globe Award), "Mindcatcher" (Oscar), "Museum Wonderful Night" series and so on.
A superstar who won the Golden Globe award for best actor and won the Oscar for best supporting actor suddenly committed suicide, and there is no reason why the public should not ask about the cause of his death.
Robin's body was found by his assistant, who had more than a dozen knife wounds on his hands and ended up suffocated by a belt stranglehold, leaving no one to know what had happened the night before. His wife also said that Robin did not have any abnormalities before going to sleep as usual (the couple slept separately due to sleep problems).
The first guess, the first media report of major depression, will be the cause of his suicide?
Richard, the film's forensic pathologist, was the first to question that, based on the cases he has been exposed to over the years, the proportion of depressed patients moving toward suicide is less than one-tenth, far less than we think, and even in these suicides, the trigger is usually more than depression.
Richard is a famous forensic doctor, participated in the autopsy of the British Blood Sunday incident, Princess Diana's cause of death research, etc., specializing in the study of death for 25 years, and his intuition tells us that Robin's death is not simple.
Robin's depression is not a secret, he has experienced a low point after becoming famous, and even once went to the extent of paralyzing himself by drugs (cocaine) and alcoholism, and just a few weeks before his suicide, he also took the initiative to go to the addiction center to adjust his state.
However, according to the memories of Robin's relatives and friends, Robin's mental state before the suicide was not obviously abnormal. But in the autopsy report, the forensic doctor detected a drug called Mirtazapine in Robin's blood, a drug used to treat major depressive disorder.
Although depression is a mental illness, it also has physiological reasons for its formation, simply because the number of neurotransmitters is too low, and the drug Miltazapine can increase the number of norepinephrine and serotonin.
In fact, as a comedian, he brings joy to the audience while working, and robin has struggled with depression for almost a lifetime in life. Perhaps it came from a repressive childhood, which gradually evolved into depression at the age of 30.
In the early '80s, the ethos of American society was sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and Robin was caught up in it. Drugs and alcohol can give him a sense of security and temporarily stay away from inferiority. But this is actually a dead cycle, and once you leave these chemicals, you will fall into deeper depression and fall deeper and deeper.
But Robin's experience was inspiring, and before his first child was born, he decided to quit drugs and alcohol completely and get his life back on track. In fact, he did, and he never touched drugs again after becoming a father.
But 20 years later, the pressures of life and work made him dependent on alcohol again, which was the lowest point of his life, and according to the recollections of his partner at the time, he did consider suicide during the period of alcohol addiction.
So how much is Robin's suicide and depression connected? The autopsy report showed that Robin did not use drugs and alcohol before committing suicide, and combined with his mental state before his death, it can be inferred that his depression condition was stable and did not worsen.
Does Robin have other health problems besides depression? Richard found that Robin was taking two drugs before his death, finastide and celopoxine capsules, both of which were drugs for prostatic hyperplasia in old men.
This means that Robin may be plagued by frequent urination and urgency, and may get up frequently at night, leading to insomnia. Although it is a bit painful, prostatic hyperplasia is far from forcing people to the point of suicide.
Investigating further, Richard found a shocking statistic from the autopsy report that Robin's heart was almost twice the size of a normal person. The heart of an adult man weighs about 330 grams, while Robin's heart weighs 530 grams!
This suggests that he suffers from a serious heart condition, and Robin's experience corroborates this inference. About 5 years before the suicide, after 6 years of long-term talk shows, Robin restarted the tour, which put a huge pressure on his body and mind.
After the tour, Robin had a heart problem, and he felt weak and weak, as well as palpitations. According to the doctor's diagnosis, the problem of Robin's heart is the reflux of the aortic valve, which is simply that the arterial valve does not close well, resulting in increased pressure on the heart.
However, after the diagnosis, Robin underwent aortic valve replacement surgery, implanted an artificial artery valve, and soon recovered and was discharged from the hospital and returned to the stage of touring.
So heart disease is obviously not the cause of Robin's suicide, after all, a successful operation will only make life full of hope.
With one option after another being ruled out, how many mysteries can there be?
The detection of levodopa, a common drug used to treat Parkinson's, pushed Robin's cause of death to another possibility.
Nine months ago, Robin was still busy with talk shows and fan meetings, but in fact, just that month he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and he should also be aware of the physical changes.
Everyone should be familiar with Parkinson's disease, the great boxing king Ali suffered from Parkinson's disease in middle age and died after fighting with the disease for 32 years. Even today we don't have a thorough study of the disease.
At present, we only know that the brain substantia cells in Parkinson's disease patients have abnormal deaths, resulting in insufficient secretion of dopamine in the relevant brain areas, resulting in symptoms such as tremors, limb stiffness and decreased motor capacity.
The levodopa is to supplement the body's lack of dopamine, can only alleviate the disease, there is no complete cure.
Robin happens to have a friend who also suffers from Parkinson's disease, and he understands what the disease means.
The decline in athleticism means that he may no longer be able to use body language to express humor in the future, and Robin is known to be a comedian who is good at physical expression.
However, he still chose to hide his illness, not only did not choose to retire, but even soon ushered in another peak of his acting career. Before he committed suicide, he had already made 4 films, and the news that he would be starring in the sequel to "Daddy Daddy" was also confirmed.
Although Parkinson's disease is a terminal disease, after systematic treatment, the life expectancy after diagnosis is about 15 years, and Robin also actively cooperates with the treatment, and there is no sign of self-abandonment.
Neither is depression, nor is heart disease, nor is Parkinson's disease, what else could it be? Could it be an accident?
The forensic doctor had also had such suspicions, and Robin hung the belt high and strangled his neck, and a towel was wrapped between the belt and the skin. This is typical of sexual asphyxia, and enthusiasts often use towels to prevent bruising.
Robin once starred in a work "The World's Greatest Father", in which the character's son died of sexual asphyxiation, and he should have known about this behavior. However, Robin's wife, Susan, later denied this possibility, and no sexually related items or props were found at the scene.
Susan also said a key detail. The day before Robin's suicide, he suddenly stuffed the watches he had collected over the years into a sock, and then hurried to a friend's house to ask someone to keep the watches for him.
In the eyes of his wife, this kind of thing is not surprising, and it has appeared frequently before. This detail suggests that Robin has severe delusional symptoms and that he is indeed taking medication to treat the disorder.
Robin's delusional symptoms actually came from a disease that even he did not know about, Lewy's dementia, which was caused by the accumulation of a large number of abnormal proteins in the brain's neurons, and these accumulated clumps were called Lewys.
This is not a common disease, and few patients can be diagnosed at an early stage, a conclusion that neuropathologists finally came to through pathological experiments on Robin's brain tissue.
The disease has a variety of symptoms, including the body's still motor response to dreams after falling asleep, memory and cognitive decline, body tremor stiffness, decreased motor capacity, frequent urination and urgency, and most importantly, mental symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and anxiety.
That is to say, all previous manifestations may point to this disease, Parkinson's disease is misdiagnosed!
Robin may have seen visual hallucinations or had symptoms of delusion before committing suicide, we don't know what kind of hallucinations can make people end up with suicide, it is certain that Robin must have experienced the torment of life or death before committing suicide.
His many unsuccessful attempts to cut his wrists ended in failure, and then he calmly cleaned up the blood with a towel, and finally put a towel on his neck to relieve the pain, which also showed that he had not completely lost his mind at that time.
Suicide may have been a calm decision in an unknown hallucination rather than an emotional act, so Robin experienced many temptations and struggles during this time.
Ultimately, the medical examiners decided that Louis's dementia was the most likely to cause Robin to commit suicide, but the real cause and process we may never know.
Robin's life is full of sorrow, and his genius and achievements are beyond the reach of outsiders, but the pain behind it is also unimaginable to ordinary people. Just like the yin and yang sides, how happy he behaves in front of the stage, how much pain he has in his private life.
This may sound full of drama, but this "Dissecting the Mystery of Death" tells us that there are not a few similar cases, and the closer we get to the truth, the more we can feel the complexity and contradictions of people.
Some sufferings are known only after death, and some people are understood by the public only after death, because the ruthless autopsy can penetrate all the disguises and concealments, and restore the story of their lives with a moment of death.
R.I.P.