En av verdens største komikere og skuespillere, Robin Williams, er død. Han tok trolig selvmord i sitt eget hjem.
Williams ble funnet i sitt hjem i byen Tiburon i California, mandag 11. august rett før klokken 12 lokal tid. Ifølge en pressemelding skal det trolig være mangel på oksygen som er årsaken, som kan skyldes f.eks. karbondioksidforgiftning.
Williams har som kjent en lang, lang rekke suksessfulle filmer bak seg, med Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Good Will Hunting (1997), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Birdcage (1996) og Night at the Museum-filmene, som noen av de største.
Han har også vært stemmeskuespiller i filmer som Aladdin (1992) og Happy Feet (2006).
Williams ble Academy Award-nominert for beste skuespiller tre ganger, og fikk Academy Award for beste biskuespiller for innsatsen i Good Will Hunting. Williams mottok fire Emmy Awards, fire Golden Globe Awards, to Screen Actors Guild Awards og fem Grammy Awards.
Robin Williams var gift tre ganger. Han giftet seg med sin siste kone, Susan Schneider, i 2011. Han har tre barn fra de to første ekteskapene.
Ifølge Williams’ pressetalsmann, har skuespilleren også i det siste strevd med depresjon og alkholisme.
Skuespillerens mange venner i Hollywood er i dag i sjokk og sorg etter nyheten.
«Robin was a lightning storm of comic genius and our laughter was the thunder that sustained him. He was a pal and I can’t believe he’s gone.»
Steven Spielberg
«We have lost one of our most inspired and gifted comic minds, as well as one of this generation’s greatest actors. His performances were unlike anything any of us had ever seen, they came from some spiritual and otherworldly place. He truly was one of the few people who deserved the title of “genius”. We were friends for 21 years. Our children grew up together, he inspired us to spend our lives in San Francisco and I loved him like a brother. The world was a better place with Robin in it. And his beautiful legacy will live on forever.»
Chris Columbus, regissør
«Onscreen and off, this was a formidable, incredible guy–generous in the best way: with his heart and humor, devoted to making others happy. Over his remarkable career, Robin moved us to tears; sometimes from laughter, sometimes from humanity, sometimes both in the same moment, a feat that few performers have equaled. I will miss Robin deeply but I will never stop treasuring the phenomenal, enduring work he gave to us all. Robin Williams was that rarest of things: a true and forever one of a kind.»
Shawn Levy, regissør
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