Suicides Spiked After Robin Williams' Death, Study Says

Widespread media coverage may have contributed to a 10% increase in suicides following Robin Williams' highly publicized death, according to a new study.

In the four months after Williams' death by suicide in August 2014, CDC data revealed that there were 18,690 deaths by suicide in the U.S. — significantly more than the 16,849 suicides that past data and trends would have predicted for that time period, according to an analysis published Wednesday in PLOS ONE.