Famous
Hollywood comedy actor, Robin Williams, died at the age of 63. News reports
said that the actor’s death was “suicide caused by asphyxiation.” He was found
unconscious in his Tiburon, California residence at 11:55 a.m. According to his
publicist, the award winning actor had been struggling with depression of late.
Robin
Williams was born in Chicago in 1951. His father was a senior executive at Ford
Motor Company and mother was a former model. He started acting when he was in
high school.
Williams
tested success with the hit show Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). Over the years,
he established himself as a standup comedian and movie actor. Some of his major
films are
The World
According to Garp (1982), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society
(1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), and Good Will Hunting
(1997), as well as financial successes such as Popeye (1980), Hook (1991),
Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996),
Night at the Museum (2006), and Happy Feet (2006).
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