Farewell to another great, Robin Williams. Like a shooting star your brilliance has left a lasting impression on the universe. I, like millions of others, first encountered you as Mork from Ork on a weeknight TV series. Your humor captivated me and my family and for four years we followed your antics and wacky since of humor.
Along the way you transformed into a brilliant comedian and actor who could play both comedic as well as serious roles. The list of your movies is long, varied, and good. I loved Mrs. Doubtfire, Bird Cage, Good Morning Viet Nam, Dead Poet Society, What Dreams May Come, Hook, and Popeye to mention just a few. In a lifetime you accomplished so much and leave a legacy for all of us who loved you.
News reports indicate you struggled with depression and addiction. I am sure that in the coming days the media will try and let the world know what they believe drove you to suicide. I am not sure the public and your fans need to know, but the hungry media needs to be fed, and you are now fodder for them to feed on.
My thoughts will rest on the many memories you left with us. The way you helped me laugh and cry, the funny moments when you reached out to grab your audience and pulled us into your incredible sense of humor and you view of life. You touched us not only through TV and movies, but through your bigger than life persona that drew us in like a magnet and carried us along. I feel you gave hope when hope may not have seemed an option; you brought laughter in the midst of sadness, and balanced laughter with tears; and by doing this we all became a little bit better and a little more human. If that was your goal then, Robin, your life was a success.
I hope you will carry this with you on whatever journey you are now on. Our lives are enriched through you and because of you, and this alone would be a wonderful epitaph: He brought joy and lightened the way through so many, many lives....RIP Robin Williams.
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