Robin Williams Impact On Today's Society

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Robin Williams faced a lot of problems in his career. As the result of diseases that robin was diagnosed with, he didn't want to live with a disease so powerful that could take over your mind. He resorted to drug use. Although he was a very successful actor, he still had problems in his life. Robin Williams had a huge Impact on today's society, no only because of his magnificent acting, but also the challenges he faced like diseases, drug use and his unfortunate death.
“ Robins made the best out of the sitcoms silly premis, largely doing improv scripts “
(Browne). That's right Robin Williams didn't start out as famous as he was. Each sitcom Robin had done, he was making about 15,000 to 40,000 dollars per episode he did. Once Robin was introduced
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Robin mainly resorted to cocaine, he often joked “ Oh mountains of cocaine, I knew it! “(Browne). The fact that he even fibbed about the use of cocaine raised question in many people. However three months later robin committed suicide, leaving many confused, and heart broken that their favorite actor just passed. Later Robins wife Susan did an interview, she stated, “ three months before his death it seemed like he was losing control “(Warner). Maybe it was the drugs, and he wasn't in the right state of mind or maybe it was the disease that was slowly taking over his body. No one will ever know for sure why Robin did what he did. But he will forever be missed.
In conclusion, Robin Williams had a was a huge influence to today's society. Robin was not only an actor, but an inspiration to many. Robin put smiles on people's faces, he was the reason people wanted to watch the movies he played in. Even though Robin had problems in his life he didn't let that effect his acting for a while. Eventually Robin couldn't take the pain he was living with that his disease caused, he ended up using drugs, and eventually committed suicide, which made the whole world think about what just

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