--- description: Comedians, actors and entertainers react to the iconic actor's tragic passing title: Robin Williams Dead: Celebrities React on Social Media image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte047a7a733ef4948/69869f23810bbb419ec92f7b/174490241.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robin Williams Dead: Celebrities Mourn on Social Media ## Video: Remembering Robin WIlliams: Watch The Actor's Best Performances [Watch (HLS stream): Remembering Robin WIlliams: Watch The Actor's Best Performances](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wrXgMxVS.m3u8) (4:11)  _Published 2014-08-12. Remembering Robin Williams: Supercut_  by [Sam Lansky](/author/sam-lansky/)  ## Sam Lansky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 12:09 AM CUT  LOS ANGELES - APRIL 5: Robin Williams stars as Simon Roberts) in THE CRAZY ONES, premieres Thursday, Sept. 26 on the CBS Television Network. This photo is provided for use in conjunction with the TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR 2013\. (Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - APRIL 5: Robin Williams stars as Simon Roberts) in THE CRAZY ONES, premieres Thursday, Sept. 26 on the CBS Television Network. This photo is provided for use in conjunction with the TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR 2013\. (Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images)Monty Brinton—CBS/Getty Images  by [Sam Lansky](/author/sam-lansky/)  ## Sam Lansky Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 12:09 AM CUT News broke on Aug. 11 that the comedian and actor Robin Williams has died at age 63. Police in Marin County, Calif. said the beloved star of movies such as _Aladdin, Mrs Doubtfire_, and _Good Will Hunting_ was found dead in a suspected suicide. His peers and admirers in the entertainment industry quickly took to Twitter to share memories of their friend and colleague. > [](https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo/status/498971366050107392) > [](https://twitter.com/DrewFromTV/status/498978727754465280) > [](https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/498972874771005440) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/"},"headline":"Robin Williams Dead: Celebrities Mourn on Social Media","datePublished":"2014-08-12T00:09:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:36:38.422Z","description":"Comedians, actors and entertainers react to the iconic actor's tragic passing","url":"https://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/","keywords":["remembrance","movies","celebrities","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte047a7a733ef4948/69869f23810bbb419ec92f7b/174490241.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Lansky","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-lansky/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte047a7a733ef4948/69869f23810bbb419ec92f7b/174490241.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Crazy Ones","caption":"The Crazy Ones","creditText":"Monty Brinton—CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/","name":"Robin Williams Dead: Celebrities Mourn on Social Media"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Remembering Robin WIlliams: Watch The Actor's Best Performances","description":"Remembering Robin Williams: Supercut","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wrXgMxVS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-12T14:12:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wrXgMxVS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/","duration":"PT4M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```