12 Amazing but Lesser Known Facts about the Late King of Comedy Robin Williams

10He cheered up Steve Spielberg during the making of Schindler’s list

While Steven Spielberg was filming Schindler’s List, Robin Williams would call him and crack jokes to make him laugh and keep him in high spirits. Said Williams “I think I only called him once, maybe twice. I called him when I was representing People for the Valdheimers Association. A society devoted to helping raise money to help older Germans who had forgotten everything before 1945. I remember him laughing and going 'thank you.'’ 

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11His first major milestone in 1996

In 1996, Williams achieved a fantastic Milestone in the history of films which few actors have managed to accomplish. Both his movies, “Jumanji” and “The Birdcage” reached the $100 million mark in the same week. 

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12His wish after death

When James Lipton Dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City Asked Williams what he would like God to say to him when he entered heaven, Robin’s answer was "There is a seat in the front row for you,". This was in reference to concerts by Mozart and Elvis both of whom Williams was a big fan. Robin Williams will always be remembered as one of the stalwarts of comedy in Hollywood. Tragically his struggle with dementia took a huge toll on his life where according to his wife Susan Schneider wrote in a journal of Neurology, that Williams suffered from the worst pathological case of Lewy Body Dementia doctors had ever seen. Williams was slowly losing his mind and repeated said “I just want to reboot my brain”

R.I.P Robin Williams. July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014 

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