Robin Williams was a brilliant actor and comedian who could go from light to dark in the blink of an eye. Apparently the darkness took over, as Williams was found dead from an apparent suicide at noon on Monday.
Williams touched every generation and demographic, making his entrance in a 1970s comic generation with Steve Martin, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Billy Crystal. He went on to become the alien Mork from Ork in his breakout hit '70s sitcom. He was also the voice of the genie in "Aladdin" and a hyper disc jockey in "Good Morning Vietnam." In "Mrs. Doubtfire," he played a dad who dressed as a woman to see his kids, and in "Birdcage," he played a gay man. He was an English teacher in "Dead Poets Society," a scientist in "Awakenings" and a prisoner of war in "Jakob the Liar."
He was amazing. As Obama said " One of a kind"
Word that he had likely killed himself Monday at his San Francisco Bay Area home left friends in the Hollywood community grief-stricken. "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," said director Steven Spielberg.
In addition to his wife, Susan Schneider, Williams is survived by his three children: daughter Zelda, 25; and sons Zachary, 31, and Cody, 22.
Associated Press contributed to this report
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