--- title: Robin Williams Impromptu Memorials Appear Across Country description: To pay tribute to a fallen star, fans across the country are turning Robin Williams-related landmarks into makeshift memorials. canonical: https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-12T12:09:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:36:49.931Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Robin Williams Impromptu Memorials Appear Across Country og:description: Makeshift memorials are growing at the bench immortalized in Good Will Hunting, the Mork and Mindy house in Boulder, and more og:url: https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robin Williams Impromptu Memorials Appear Across Country twitter:description: Makeshift memorials are growing at the bench immortalized in Good Will Hunting, the Mork and Mindy house in Boulder, and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Fans Are Turning Robin Williams Landmarks into Impromptu Memorials ## Video: 10 Questions for Robin Williams [Watch (HLS stream): 10 Questions for Robin Williams](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/e5SUiinR.m3u8) (5:56)  _Published 2011-04-14. The comedian and actor talks about playing a tiger in his first Broadway role, the war in Iraq and why it isn't always a good thing to be funny_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 12, 2014 12:09 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 12, 2014 12:09 PM UTC To pay tribute to a fallen star, fans across the country are turning Robin Williams-related landmarks into makeshift memorials. Here are just some of the memorials springing up across the country to the actor, who died Monday at 63. **Good Will Hunting Bench — Boston, Mass.** > [](https://twitter.com/rabbitnutz/status/499016991236431872) Upon hearing of the actor’s apparent suicide, Nicholas Rabchenuk and his girlfriend decided to walk to the Boston Public Garden bench Williams sat on, giving Matt Damon advice, in _Good Will Hunting._ Saddened to find it empty, Rabchenuk [told _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-williams-dead-good-will-724864) that he and his girlfriend went to buy flowers and chalk to write down some of Williams’ immortalized lines. “I hope it catches on,” Rabchenuk said. Or as Williams said in _Good Will Hunting_, “Your move chief.” **Mork and Mindy House — Boulder, Colo.** > [](https://twitter.com/weeddude/status/498998423459475457) A memorial of flowers and signs reading “U will be missed Mork” is growing in front of the 130-year-old Boulder house featured in the 1970’s sitcom _Mork and Mindy._ [Among those paying tribute](http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-fans-flock-to-boulder-home-featured-in-mork-mindy/) was Rep. Jared Polis, who went to the house in his Mork costume to say goodbye. (Pictured). **Mrs. Doubtfire House — San Francisco, Calif.** > [](https://twitter.com/AmericanVos/status/499075772624035840) People knelt on the stairs of the _Mrs. Doubtfire_ house in San Francisco, leaving flowers and notes to the deceased. Dozens of neighbors also gathered at Williams’ nearby home in Tiburon until late Monday night to pay tribute. “I still don’t believe it’s real,” Megan Thorpe, who used to nanny for a neighbor, [told _SF Gate_](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/In-Robin-Williams-Tiburon-neighborhood-grief-5682529.php). “But we’re here. It has to be.” **Hollywood Walk of Fame — Los Angeles, Calif.** > [](https://twitter.com/MHossWWL/status/499149471498772482) Fans in Southern California have also placed flowers, candles, and messages around Robin Williams’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/"},"headline":"Fans Are Turning Robin Williams Landmarks into Impromptu Memorials","datePublished":"2014-08-12T12:09:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:36:49.931Z","description":"Makeshift memorials are growing at the bench immortalized in Good Will Hunting, the Mork and Mindy house in Boulder, and more","url":"https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/","keywords":["celebrities","memorial","tribute","celebrity","Actor","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/","name":"Fans Are Turning Robin Williams Landmarks into Impromptu Memorials"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Robin Williams","description":"The comedian and actor talks about playing a tiger in his first Broadway role, the war in Iraq and why it isn't always a good thing to be funny","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/e5SUiinR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2011-04-14T23:39:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/e5SUiinR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/","duration":"PT5M56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```