Williams died today at his home in Marin County, Ca. The police suspect suicide of asphyxiation.

I really hope that’s not true. I realize it’s ridiculous to prefer one reason for a 63-year-old man to die over another, but suicide is so cruel to those who remain behind. He had two ex-wives and three children from those relationships, and he had married once again in 2011. Some of those people will undoubtedly be asking themselves what they could have done to prevent this.

This is awful.