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2014 Celebrity Death: Robin Williams Died August 11 At The Age Of 63


The Oscar-winning comic legend died Aug. 11 at 63 of a suspected suicide. After breaking through with his manic alien Mork on Mork & Mindy and stand-up work, Williams launched a varied film career, earning Oscar nominations for Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King before winning for Good Will Hunting. He scored mainstream hits with Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin (voicing the Genie, for which he received a special Golden Globe), The Birdcage and Night at the Museum, and played against type in One Hour Photo, Insomnia and Death to Smoochy. Williams, who won two Emmys, three other Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammys, most recently starred on CBS' The Crazy Ones, which lasted one season.

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