--- description: Complete coverage from TIME.com title: Robin Williams Death: Complete Coverage image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0ebc8beccf43a24/69869f231eebf7989c37233b/robin-williams.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 * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robin Williams, 1951-2014 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 8:31 PM CUT  Peter Hapak for TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 8:31 PM CUT **News:** [Actor Robin Williams Dies at 63](http://time.com/3101990/robin-williams-dead-63/ "undefined") [Fans Are Turning Robin Williams Landmarks into Impromptu Memorials](http://time.com/3103215/robin-williams-dead-memorials/ "undefined") [Robin Williams Hanged Himself, Police Say](http://time.com/3104190/robin-williams-suicide-hanging/ "undefined") [Robin Williams Neighbors Remember ‘Beloved’ Local Legend](http://time.com/3105590/robin-williams-marin-residents-remember-beloved-local-legend/ "undefined") [Remembering Robin Williams, 1951-2014](http://time.com/3106206/robin-williams-dead-time-cover/ "undefined") **Remembrances:** [Alan Alda: A Niagara of Wit Falls Silent](http://time.com/3103214/alan-alda-robin-williams-suicide/ "undefined") [Jim Norton: Why the Funniest People Are Sometimes the Saddest](http://time.com/3103256/robin-williams-comedians-depression/ "undefined") [Lewis Black Remembers Robin Williams: He Was “On Another Level”](http://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/ "undefined") [Gilbert Gottfried on Robin Williams: “It Was Such a Workout Playing Off Someone Like That”](http://time.com/3104473/robin-williams-dead-gilbert-gottfried-remembrance/ "undefined") [Richard Dawkins Remembers Robin Williams’ Poetic Comic Genius](http://time.com/3103869/robin-williams-richard-dawkins/ "undefined") [Nathan Lane on Robin Williams: “\[He\] Made Me Laugh So Hard and So Long That I Cried”](http://time.com/3103891/robin-williams-dead-nathan-lane-statement/ "undefined") [Margaret Cho Remembers Robin Williams: He Was a ‘Father Figure’](http://time.com/3103608/robin-williams-dead-margaret-cho-remembrance/ "undefined") [Louie Anderson on Robin Williams: “He Came Through Loud and Clear to Your Heart”](http://time.com/3103864/robin-williams-dead-louie-anderson-remembrance/ "undefined") [Robin Williams’ Daughter Pays Tribute to Her Father ](http://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/ "undefined") [An Army Suicide Widow Remembers Robin Williams With a Smile](http://time.com/3104037/robin-williams-dead-army-suicide-widow/ "undefined") [Joan Rivers: Why Robin Williams Was a Great Red Carpet Interview](http://time.com/3104935/robin-williams-dead-joan-rivers-remembrance/ "undefined") [Bill Maher: ‘You Could Just Tell There Was a Humanity in Robin Williams’](http://time.com/3105100/robin-williams-dead-bill-maher/ "undefined") [Patch Adams: ‘Thank You for All You’ve Given This World Robin, Thank You My Friend’](http://time.com/3105119/robin-williams-dead-patch-adams-remembers/ "undefined") [Photographers Remember a Legendary Actor](http://lightbox.time.com/2014/08/12/robin-williams-dead/#1 "undefined") [Robin Williams: Comic Jen Kirkman Says He ‘Wasn’t Jaded’](http://time.com/3104818/robin-williams-dead-jen-kirkman/ "undefined") [Dick Cavett: Robin Williams Won’t Be the Last Suicidal Star](http://time.com/3106170/robin-williams-dead-dick-cavett-suicide-depression/ "undefined") **More:** [The Comic Who Was Hamlet](http://time.com/3102058/robin-williams-dead-remembrance-richard-corliss/ "undefined") [Memories of Mork: Robin Williams, RIP](http://time.com/3102128/robin-williams-dead-mork-remebrance/ "undefined") [One Wild Ride: Interviewing Robin Williams](http://time.com/3102106/one-wild-ride-interviewing-robin-williams "undefined") [Robin Williams Dead at 63: His Five Most Memorable Roles](http://time.com/3102021/robin-williams-dead-most-memorable-roles/ "undefined") [Robin Williams’ Depression Struggles May Go Back Decades](http://time.com/3102414/robin-williams-depression-struggles-go-back-decades/ "undefined") [Where to Watch Robin Williams’ Best Movies](http://time.com/3103161/robin-williams-dead-movies/ "undefined") [The Military Absolutely Loved Robin Williams](http://time.com/3103930/robin-williams-military-uso/ "undefined") [10 of Robin Williams’ Funniest Moments From Johnny Carson to His USO Tour](http://time.com/3102423/robin-williams-funniest-moments/ "undefined") [Robin Williams’ Life in Pictures](http://time.com/3102039/robin-williams-life-in-pictures/ "undefined") [Robin Williams Dead: Celebrities Mourn on Social Media](http://time.com/3102067/robin-williams-dead-social-media-tweets/ "undefined") [Television: Manic of Ork: Robin Williams](http://time.com/3102046/robin-williams-dead-hollywood-television-movies/ "undefined") [Watch Robin Williams’ Funniest Moments From That Time He Was on Whose Line Is It Anyway? ](http://time.com/3103492/robin-williams-whose-line-is-it-anyway/ "undefined") [Video: Robin Williams, Comedian and Actor, Dead at 63](http://time.com/3102108/robin-williams-dead-marin-county/ "undefined") [Watch Conan O’Brien Announce Robin Williams’ Death to a Stunned Audience](http://time.com/3102561/conan-obrien-robin-williams-death/ "undefined") [How Robin Williams Went From Unknown to Star in 5 Months](http://time.com/3102046/robin-williams-dead-hollywood-television-movies/ "undefined") (1979 cover story) [Why We Aren’t Better at Preventing Suicide](http://time.com/3104007/why-we-arent-better-at-preventing-suicide/ "undefined") [Revisiting Robin Williams on Marc Maron’s podcast from 2010](http://time.com/3104146/robin-williams-dead-marc-maron-podcast/ "undefined") [Why Robin Williams Was a Millennial Hero](http://time.com/3103255/robin-williams-dead-millennial-hero/ "undefined") [BBC Aired Robin Williams Family Guy Episode as News Broke of His Death](http://time.com/3104047/robin-williams-suicide-family-guy-episode-on-bbc3/ "undefined") [Why You Probably Have More Mental Health Care Options Than You Think](http://time.com/money/3104083/robin-williams-dead-mental-health-care-options/ "undefined") (Money) [Watch Robin Williams Explain Sports](http://time.com/3104648/watch-robin-williams-explain-sports/ "undefined") [Robin Williams’ Most Memorable Lines](http://time.com/3104086/robin-williams-most-memorable-lines/ "undefined") [Twitter accidentally mourns Robbie Williams death on Twitter](http://time.com/3104965/robin-williams-dead-not-robbie-williams-twitter/ "undefined") [8 Facts You Might Not Have Known About Robin Williams](http://time.com/3103423/robin-williams-dead-surprising-facts/ "undefined") [Robin Williams’ Family Remembers the ‘Gentle, Loving’ Actor](http://time.com/3105831/robin-williams-dead-family-statement/ "undefined") [Robin Williams’ Daughter Quits Social Media After Being Trolled](http://time.com/3107180/robin-williams-daughter-quits-social-media-after-being-trolled/ "undefined") [The Psychology of the Sad Clown](http://time.com/3104938/the-psychology-of-the-sad-clown/ "undefined") [Robin’s Pain: The Mystery of Suicide—and How to Prevent It](http://time.com/3107468/robin-williams-dead-suicide-psychology/ "undefined") Check back as we continue to update our coverage. ```json 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