At first I thought Williams' death might have been rationally premeditated, given that it was first described as asphyxiation, and then as hanging. But then I learned that he had superficial cuts on his wrists, and also that he did it at home while his family slept. Rational premeditation to me includes putting yourself in a location away from the lives of the people you leave behind. Also anyone rationally aware of suicidal things knows cutting wrists is a gesture, not a method, and therefore irrational. In other words, I have to conclude he felt really tortured and this was not a rational decision. (It can be. I knew someone who killed himself because of a progressive neurologic disease, before it got to the point where he would have been incapacitated and unable to do so.) I am sad. I also have a terror of PD, a fear of it. He was dealing with so much, and all that under the pressure to live up to his reputation and personality, I suppose, which I imagine would intensify the burdens' weight.