Should Robin Williams Always Be Remembered?

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Robin Williams will always be remembered because he was respectful, caring and thoughtful. Robin made a project that took homeless people of the streets. Williams said “That a percentage of his crew would be homeless workers so he could give them dignified work” (Tauber) He created this because “Sometimes we can dehumanize people because they look different, and that is an important thing to remember(Tauber).”Robin Williams loved to help people, when he was hired on a movie he required that they hired x amount of homeless people. Robin cares a lot about learning about other cultures and countries. Robin Williams goal was to entertain people, “He made numerous trips to the Middle East to learn more about the people and wanted to entertain the

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