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created on: 22/06/2016
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Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. – August 11, 2014, Paradise Cay, California, U.S. (aged 63)) was an American actor and comedian.
Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance.
After rising to fame as Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–82), he went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills.

After his film debut in the musical comedy Popeye (1980), he starred or co-starred in widely acclaimed films, including the comedy-drama The World According to Garp (1982), war comedy Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), dramas Dead Poets Society (1989) and Awakenings (1990), comedy-drama The Fisher King (1991), the animated musical-fantasy Aladdin (1992), drama Good Will Hunting (1997), and psychological thriller One Hour Photo (2002), as well as financial successes such as the fantasy adventure film Hook (1991), comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), fantasy adventure Jumanji (1995), comedy The Birdcage (1996), and the Night at the Museum trilogy.

In 1998, Williams won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting. In addition, Williams was nominated thrice in the Best Actor for his performances in Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King. He also received two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Grammy Awards throughout his career, and was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2009.

Williams committed suicide on August 11, 2014, at his home in unincorporated Paradise Cay, California, north of San Francisco), at the age of 63.
A year later his widow echoed this diagnosis, saying that Williams's suicide was not motivated by depression, but by Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's, saying, "If Robin was lucky, he would've had maybe three years left".
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Submitted by : Lo55o (12474)
on : 22/06/2016