--- ---  # Louie Anderson on Robin Williams: "He Came Through Loud and Clear to Your Heart" by [Larry Getlen](https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/) ## Larry Getlen Aug 12, 2014 5:25 PM UTC  David Becker—WireImage/Getty Images; JB Lacroix—WireImage/Getty Images by [Larry Getlen](https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/) ## Larry Getlen Aug 12, 2014 5:25 PM UTC Robin Williams, who died Aug. 11 at age 63, was a tough act for any comedian to follow, says Louie Anderson, who remembers being backstage at comedy clubs listening to Williams perform. Here, Anderson honors the man who made audiences’ hearts “buzz” as well as their heads: --- > “” --- Robin Williams: Louie Anderson Remembers Comedy's "National Treasure" ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3103864/robin-williams-dead-louie-anderson-remembrance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3103864/robin-williams-dead-louie-anderson-remembrance/"},"headline":"Louie Anderson on Robin Williams: \"He Came Through Loud and Clear to Your Heart\"","datePublished":"2014-08-12T17:25:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:37:20.106Z","description":"\"We knew comedy would never be the same,\" Anderson says","url":"https://time.com/3103864/robin-williams-dead-louie-anderson-remembrance/","keywords":["remembrance","celebrities","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13f1f105521167f5/69869f37f983e74b8a04f336/robin-williams-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Larry Getlen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13f1f105521167f5/69869f37f983e74b8a04f336/robin-williams-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robin Williams Death","caption":"Robin Williams Death","creditText":"David Becker—WireImage/Getty Images; JB Lacroix—WireImage/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/3103864/robin-williams-dead-louie-anderson-remembrance/","name":"Louie Anderson on Robin Williams: \"He Came Through Loud and Clear to Your Heart\""}}]}] ```