IT was indeed a say when the world heard of the passing of Robin Williams.

He was undoubtedly a genius in his time, funny, clever, friendly and personable but yet he had a dark side which he openly admitted to.

It is this given side of his life that should be evoked and made public.

He was a sufferer of an illness that is stigmatised as taboo but with Robin’s passing it can only help be lifted into the public eye.

P Murphy, Liden, Swindon