It is sad news and just shows that no matter how successful or rich you are depression can grip anyone, to devastating effects.
There is something about the make up of entertainers who seem to have a predilection to this illness. Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Stephen Fry, Paul Merton all had issues, even Winston Churchill was a sufferer who described them as "black dog days".
Help is out there but men are more likely to suck it up, feeling less of a man for admitting they had problems and don't ask don't discuss as they feel it is unmanly. If you know anyone who has or is suffering with depression, being normal and not being afraid to ask is a good thing.
There will be many on here who have at times been, or know someone, so low from bereavement for example that life is hard to live but we can all help them get through it by just being there when they need us. Perhaps being a celebrity they feel they have no one who is there they can turn to unless they pay them.
He was a true one off straddling the line between genius and madness his legacy is laughter not the pain he felt.