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Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.
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Born 21 July 1951 · Died 11 August 2014 · Q83338
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“My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.”
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Robin Williams once said, "People don't fake depression ... they fake being okay."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams once said, "A hungry stomach, an empty wallet (or 'empty pocket') and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Released album “Carpe Diem”.
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Williams became the subject of a controversy over AI generated videos in which Zelda pleaded for people to stop sending her AI videos of her father, stating that's "not what he would have wanted
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams once said, “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.”” Unfounded.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Robin Williams once said, "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Released album “An Evening with Robin Williams”.
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Snopes rated the claim “Before choosing Jack Nicholson for the role, director Stanley Kubrick considered hiring Robin Williams to play the main character, Jack Torrance, in the horror film "The Shining."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams once said that "politicians should wear sponsor jackets like NASCAR drivers."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “During the filming of the 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire,” actor Robin Williams improvised with so many off-color NSFW jokes that the director, Chris Columbus, ended up with multiple cuts of the film, including a NC-17 and R-rated version.” Mixture.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Robin Williams acted in movies with his daughter, Mara Wilson.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “The quote "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone” originated with Robin Williams.” Incorrect Attribution.
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Released album “Off the Wall”.
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Released album “Live on Broadway”.
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Released album “MGM Grand”.
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HBO produced a documentary about his life and career
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Snopes rated the claim “A 2006 photograph shows 'The View' host Joy Behar grabbing Robin Williams' crotch.” True.
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Sharon Meadow in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the home of the annual Comedy Day, was renamed "Robin Williams Meadow"
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Williams's children donated 87 of his bicycles in support of the Challenged Athletes Foundation and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
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PBS aired a one-hour special devoted to Williams's career
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams used contract riders to perform acts of kindness to homeless people.” Unproven.
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Died 2014-08-11.
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Reported net worth: $100M (as of 2014).
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And was published four years later, titled Robin
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Appeared in Lee Daniels' historical drama The Butler as President Dwight D
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Williams married graphic designer Susan Schneider, and they remained married until his death
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Released album “Weapons of Self Destruction”.
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In response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, Williams donated all proceeds of his Weapons of Self Destruction Christchurch performance to help rebuild the New Zealand city.
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Williams appeared in a sketch with Robert De Niro on Saturday Night Live, and in 2012, he guest-starred as himself in two FX series, Louie and Wilfred
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Awarded Disney Legends (2009).
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Career landmark: heart surgery.
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Starred in the comedy drama film World's Greatest Dad, and the comedy movie Old Dogs
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Checked into a substance-abuse rehabilitation center in Newberg, Oregon
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Williams starred in five movies, including RV, a family road trip comedy, Man of the Year, a political satire, and The Night Listener, a thriller about a radio show host who realizes that a child with whom he has develop
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Career landmark: intervention.
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Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (2005).
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Williams was voted 13th on Comedy Central's list of "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time"
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for One Hour Photo (2003).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (2003).
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Williams began abusing alcohol again during production of the film The Big White (2005) in Alaska
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Released album “Live 2002”.
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Williams told Michael Parkinson that Peter Sellers was an important influence, especially his multi-character roles in Dr
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Williams credited his mother as an important early influence on his humor, and said he tried to make her laugh to gain attention
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1998).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Good Will Hunting (1998).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Birdcage (1997).
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Played Alan Parrish in the fantasy film Jumanji
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Mrs. Doubtfire (1994).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Mrs. Doubtfire (1994).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Aladdin (1993).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Aladdin (1993).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Fisher King (1992).
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Williams was asked whether he ever feared losing his balance between his work and his life
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That Williams had the ability to "go from manic to mad to tender and vulnerable
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Awarded Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (1991).
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Williams played an adult Peter Pan in the fantasy film Hook, although he had said that he would have to lose 25 pounds for the role
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Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for Awakenings (1990).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Good Morning, Vietnam (1989).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Album for Children for Pecos Bill (1989).
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When she was six months pregnant with their first child, Zelda Rae (born 1989)
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Played a private-school English teacher in Dead Poets Society, which included a final, emotional scene that some critics said "inspired a generation" and became a part of pop culture
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Good Morning, Vietnam (1988).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for A Night at the Met (1988).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (1988).
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Released album “Pecos Bill”.
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987).
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That Williams began an affair with Zachary's nanny, Marsha Garces, Velardi stated in the 2018 documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, that the relationship with Garces began after the two had separated
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Williams also co-hosted the 58th Academy Awards
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In 1986, Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to establish Comic Relief USA.
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“My biggest problem in movies is that I”
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Released album “A Night at the Met”.
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Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to establish Comic Relief USA
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Released album “Throbbing Python of Love”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (1980).
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Released album “Reality… What a Concept”.
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Mork & Mindy (1979).
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Is said to have "[captured] his different sides: the funnyman mugging for the camera, and a sweet, more thoughtful pose that appears on a small TV he holds in his hands,” according to Mary Forgione of the Los Angeles Tim
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Who he met two years earlier while he was working as a bartender at a San Francisco tavern
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Was seen by television producer George Schlatter, who asked him to appear on a revival of his show Laugh-In
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Following Houseman's suggestion that the school had nothing more they could teach him
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Studied at Juilliard School (1973–1976).
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Williams attained a full scholarship to the Juilliard School (Group 6, 1973–1976) in New York City
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Studied at Redwood High School (1969).
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Was voted "Most Likely Not to Succeed" and "Funniest" by his classmates
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During the Vietnam War, with Williams playing the role of Adrian Cronauer, a radio shock jock who keeps troops entertained with comedy and sarcasm
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Born 1951-07-21.
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“in The Daily Beast (12 August 2014) In the wake of Williams”
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Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Studied at College of Marin.
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Studied at Claremont McKenna College.
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Studied at Detroit Country Day School.
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Studied at Durham College.
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