Robin Williams, it's so hard to think of what to say but I had an interesting conversation about his passing that I wanted to share. He was a role model for me. I remember watching Mork and Mindy as a child.
He was hilarious, and the fact that the show was set in Boulder, very close to where I lived made me feel very close to him. Now when I told my friend that he was a role model... the question I got was,
"You want to be an aging male comedian?" I laughed but the simple answer was No... and the more complex answer was that what I saw in Robin Williams was MORE than a just an amazing actor or comedian.
He touched people's lives. He made you want to be a better person... and he made you smile. THAT is what I wanted to be. I could never hold a candle to what Robin has given the world...
But he gave me the desire to want to do everything I could to make my small part of it a better place to be and to share joy at every possible opportunity. Robin... you will be missed!
Ereh
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I got to see him live once. He vibrated. He was brilliant.
He lived with his eyes and his mind both wide open, and his brains turned on. I suspect that had a lot to do with both his genius and his pain. His death is a terrible loss.