I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

Artist; II--The Saddest Man in All the World. By Richard O. Boyer. November 26, 1943. Save this story. Save this story. The New Yorker, December 4, 1943 P. 39. PROFILE of artist ...

But even during those good times, Neill could sense something was wrong, calling Williams, “The saddest person I ever met.” Williams died by suicide at the age of 63 on Aug. 11, 2014.

He added: “He had fame, he was rich, people loved him, great kids – the world was his oyster. And yet I felt more sorry for him than I can express. He was the loneliest man on a lonely planet.” ...