Robin Williams, an Improvisational Genius, Forever Present in the Moment

There was no need to turn around: The voices were not talking directly to me and they could not have belonged to anyone other than Robin Williams, who was extemporizing a monologue at least as pyrotechnically amazing as what was unfolding against the 

Robin Williams' death had been reported for just minutes, when "Diff'rent Strokes" star Todd Bridges bashed Williams for committing suicide calling it "a very selfish act." Bridges moaned he's had a hard time too but didn't 

(CNN) — As a medical student who used humor to help his patients, Robin Williams' role in "Patch Adams" was touching and memorable. But his laughter-as-medicine approach wasn't just limited to the silver screen. The kindness he brought to real-life 

News of Robin Williams' death came in many ways to those who gathered here on a blue-skied Monday evening to mourn and pay respects. Kelly Cook, 50, who lives just down the street, got a call from her mother while she was at work at a Sausalito 

For decades, Robin Williams seemed nothing but jovial in many of his award-winning films, TV appearances and stand-up routines. However, privately, the actor, who died of a suspected suicide Monday, struggled with demons. "He has been battling severe