Actor Robin Williams has died. One of the best performers in the cinema of the last 30 years and who has died at the age of 63. In Overstory we now review the biography of Robin Williams.
Biography of Robin Williams
Robin McLaurim Williams, known as Robin Williams He had innumerable outstanding titles in the cinema, among them, “Good Morning Vietnam”, “The Fisher King” or “The Dead Poets Club” for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 1951.. He was the son of a model and an executive in the automobile industry. His early years were devoted to his studies and sports practice, without showing any interest in acting.
In 1967 the family moved to Marina County, in California, and it is there where his attraction to the theater begins, so decides to go to New York to enter the Juilliard School of Dramatic Arts.
His first opportunity as an actor comes in 1976 with a first role in a comedy. In 1977 she debuted on television with the series “Laugh-in”. Two years later he starred in the television series “Mork and Mindy”, in which he played an alien, a role that gave him popularity and for which he won his first Golden Globe.
In a first stage of success, Williams becomes addicted to alcohol and cocaine; however, the overdose death of his partying friend, John Belushi, makes him reconsider. and want to rehabilitate.
In the cinema he began his career in 1980 after playing Popeye in the film directed by Robert Altman, which did not bring him much success but did make him known to the general public and who began to chain film after film. This film was followed by “The World According to Garp” (1982), by George Roy Hill, for which many have already highlighted his talent for mixing comedy and drama in the same character.
“Good morning, Vietnam” is the film that marks a before and after in his career. It makes him the winner of his second Golden Globe and his first Oscar nomination.
His success continued with “The Dead Poets Club”, in which his character is a literature teacher, and “The Fisher King” (third Golden Globe), in which he portrays a tramp. These two works reported two other new nominations.
The actor married dancer Valerie Velardi in 1978, but their relationship ended after nine years and the birth of their son Zachary. In 1989 he again married the producer Marsha Garcés with whom he had two other children, Cody Allan and Zelda.
His concern for people in need motivated him to create, together with his wife, the Windmill Foundation, which raises funds for charity.
In 2009 the actor married for the third time with Susan Schneiderg, who accompanied him during an operation due to a defective coronary valve.
The 90s were another time of glory for the actor who agreed to be in hilarious comedies like “Mrs Doubtfire” and at the same time in such outstanding dramas as “Good Will Hunting” that allows him to win his first Oscar. He also highlights his work in “Aladdin” where he voiced the character of the genie of the lamp.
Among his recent performances in the Seventh Art are «Una noche en el museo» (2006), «August rush» (2007) and «License to wed» (2007).
In addition, he lent his voice to the movie “Happy feet” (2006) and had small roles in the television series “Law and order” in 2008 and last year he had worked on the series “The Crazy Ones” for the CBS network. This year she had shot the third part of “Night at the Museum” which is still pending release.
Death of Robin Williams
On August 11, 2014, the Marin County police reported the actor’s death. at his house in Tiburón (California).
According to the press release provided by the police office, the police department received a call around 11:55 a.m. (local time) informing of the appearance of an unconscious man who was not breathing in a house. in the town of Tiburon.
Although no cause of death was given and the police opened an investigation, The first information suggests that it would be a suicide by suffocation.
Before his passing on August 11, 2014, Williams had been in the month of June in the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center, located in Minnesotain order to enroll in a program to maintain and reaffirm the sobriety with which he had lived for almost a decade.
“This morning I have lost my husband and my best friend while the world has lost one of its most beloved artists and one of its best people. My heart is in pieces”stated the actor’s wife, Susan Schneider.