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BBC spends ‘Family Guy’ where Robin Williams tries suicide

News of the death of actor was known after episode of the animated series have shown suicide attempt Robin Williams. The BBC has already responded:. Says it was “coincidence”

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The series’ Family Guy ‘aired on Monday night (11th), an episode which featured Robin Williams in animated version of the character, where the actor tried to commit suicide. What has shocked viewers of the series of American animation – and that has generated a wave of criticism on social media and public opinion – was the fact that the news of the death of Robin Williams, who committed suicide on the same day, have been given a few minutes after finishing the series transmitted by the BBC.

In the episode, with the name ‘Fatman and Robin’ (‘Fat Man and Robin’, in Portuguese), Peter Griffin, the main character in ‘Family Guy’, is cursed after accusing God of hate Robin Williams, his favorite comedian. The curse that the father of the Griffin family receives gives you the ability to turn everything he touches the actor.

Once ‘Fatman and Robin’ ended and the news of his death was given , viewers began to comment on the coincidence Twitter. Although the repeat episode of the tenth season of the series being initially scheduled for Friday, the BBC ensured that will not repeat this week (at the end of the text can see a video with an excerpt from the episode) .

“The episode ended as soon as the news of his death [Robin Williams] was given. Was scheduled over two weeks ago. It’s just a strange coincidence, “said a spokesman for the BBC, quoted by the newspaper ‘The Independent’.

Seth McFarlane, the creator of ‘Family Guy’, not commented on the coincidence but paid tribute to Robin Williams on Twitter. “The world just got less fun. Robin Williams is a tragic loss, “wrote Seth McFarlane.

(Publication of Seth MacFarlane on Twitter)

Robin Williams committed suicide on Monday, aged 63, at his home in Tiburon, in the Bay Area of ​​San Francisco.

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