Robin Williams hanged himself, reports say

Robin Williams hanged himself in his San Francisco area home, according to multiple reports.

TMZ reported, citing sources, that Williams’ hanged himself in his house. CBS News published an audio clip they say is of the Marin County Fire Scanner, in which a dispatcher can be heard saying the incident was an “apparent suicide attempt by hanging.”

The Academy-Award winner was 63.

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office did not return FOX411’s request seeking comment about how Williams died, but in their initial release about the death on Monday, stated the “Sheriff’s Office Coroner Division suspects [Williams’] death to be a suicide due to asphyxia.”