Robin Williams was known for being one of the greatest American actors and comedians. Watching Williams either onstage, the television, in his movies, or in one of his serious interviews, just listening and watching the actor is an extraordinary experience. He had a big impact on many people in this world, and many were devastated to see him go. Many memorials were dedicated to him and his death was an American tragedy. Despite the appearance of a successful career, Robin Williams suffered from depression which led to his apparent suicide.
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois and died in Tiburon, California on August 11, 2014. He was 5’, 7” tall (IMDb). Williams parents were Laurie McLaurin, who was a former …show more content…
He had met the dancer, Velardi, while he was at Juilliard, and the couple had a son named Zachary (BIOGRAPHY: Robin Williams). He had met Garces when she became a nanny to Zachary, while Velardi and Williams were still married. Garces and Williams had a daughter named Zelda Rae and a son named Cody (Infoplease). During his college years, he was one of the twenty freshmen accepted that year and shared the honor with his roommate Christopher Reeve, who would find fame the same year by landing a lead in “Superman: The Movie.” While he was in college he also made money as a street performer, miming in white grease paint outside the Museum of Modern Art (Starpulse). Other things Williams enjoyed was cycling, and he had occasionally trained with Lance Armstrong. He enjoyed making music and also made his own music album in 1979, named “Reality...What a concept” on Casablanca Records (IMDb). While he was working with acting, he learned about comedy from watching “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (50 Interesting Facts about Robin Williams). He had been voted funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly in 1997 (IMDb). Even though his career was taking off, he developed a drug and alcohol problem and struggled with addiction for more than two decades (50 Interesting Facts about Robin Williams). Williams had made at least two …show more content…
Williams recalled when he was sixteen that his parents took him to see 2001: A Space Odyssey he was not only amazed but inspired to try acting (Starpulse). Williams had left Juilliard for LA and ended up working on West Coast Comedy Club (BIOGRAPHY: Robin Williams). He joined Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg for many Comic Relief benefit shows (Infoplease) His comic talent had involved improvision, following in his idol’s footsteps, Jonathan Winters. He auditioned for the role of Mork from Ork, producer Garry Marshall had told him to sit down; Robin immediately sat his head on the chair, Marshall hired him right away and said he was the only alien who had auditioned (IMDb). His first real break came when he was a space alien on “Happy Days” (The New York Times). In September 2008, Robin Williams started touring for his one man stand up comedy show, “Weapons of Self Destruction”, during the same year he and Garces divorced, starting a lot of differences, causing him to start doing harmful drugs
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois and died in Tiburon, California on August 11, 2014. He was 5’, 7” tall (IMDb). Williams parents were Laurie McLaurin, who was a former …show more content…
He had met the dancer, Velardi, while he was at Juilliard, and the couple had a son named Zachary (BIOGRAPHY: Robin Williams). He had met Garces when she became a nanny to Zachary, while Velardi and Williams were still married. Garces and Williams had a daughter named Zelda Rae and a son named Cody (Infoplease). During his college years, he was one of the twenty freshmen accepted that year and shared the honor with his roommate Christopher Reeve, who would find fame the same year by landing a lead in “Superman: The Movie.” While he was in college he also made money as a street performer, miming in white grease paint outside the Museum of Modern Art (Starpulse). Other things Williams enjoyed was cycling, and he had occasionally trained with Lance Armstrong. He enjoyed making music and also made his own music album in 1979, named “Reality...What a concept” on Casablanca Records (IMDb). While he was working with acting, he learned about comedy from watching “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (50 Interesting Facts about Robin Williams). He had been voted funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly in 1997 (IMDb). Even though his career was taking off, he developed a drug and alcohol problem and struggled with addiction for more than two decades (50 Interesting Facts about Robin Williams). Williams had made at least two …show more content…
Williams recalled when he was sixteen that his parents took him to see 2001: A Space Odyssey he was not only amazed but inspired to try acting (Starpulse). Williams had left Juilliard for LA and ended up working on West Coast Comedy Club (BIOGRAPHY: Robin Williams). He joined Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg for many Comic Relief benefit shows (Infoplease) His comic talent had involved improvision, following in his idol’s footsteps, Jonathan Winters. He auditioned for the role of Mork from Ork, producer Garry Marshall had told him to sit down; Robin immediately sat his head on the chair, Marshall hired him right away and said he was the only alien who had auditioned (IMDb). His first real break came when he was a space alien on “Happy Days” (The New York Times). In September 2008, Robin Williams started touring for his one man stand up comedy show, “Weapons of Self Destruction”, during the same year he and Garces divorced, starting a lot of differences, causing him to start doing harmful drugs