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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Last updated on - Aug 11, 2014, 17:32 IST
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Robin Williams, the Oscar-winning US actor and comedian known worldwide for roles that ranged from a cross-dressing dad in "Mrs. Doubtfire" to a New England prep-school teacher in "Dead Poets Society," was found dead on 11th August, 2014, at an age of 63.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Williams, who died in an apparent suicide Monday, was a comic force of nature. The world got to know him as the wild alien in ``Mork & Mindy,'' a comedian who elevated improvisation to an art form and also demonstrated a rare versatility in more serious roles.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Robin Williams moved seamlessly from comedy to drama to tragedy to comedy again during a Hollywood heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. His Academy Award as a supporting actor in ``Good Will Hunting'' came in a drama.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Robin Williams came to fame on the small screen but quickly worked his way into a number of iconic movie roles, in a career that spanned decades and endeared him to multiple generations.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Robin Williams was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for his performance as an inspirational New England prep-school teacher with a love for poetry. The movie was nominated for an Oscar for best picture and won for best screenplay writing.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

In one of his most iconic roles, Williams transformed into the elderly Mrs Euphegenia Doubtfire, earning a Golden Globe, an American Comedy Award, Kids' Choice Award and an MTV Movie Award.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

In 1997, Entertainment Weekly magazine named Williams the funniest man alive, and the very next year listed him as one of the world's 25 best actors _ a double distinction that made him rare, if not unique.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Robin Williams touched every generation and demographic, making his entrance in a 1970s comic generation with Steve Martin, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Billy Crystal.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

Williams was the voice of a genie in ``Aladdin'' and a hyper disc jockey in ``Good Morning Vietnam.'' In ``Mrs. Doubtfire,'' he played a dad who dressed as a woman to see his kids, and in ``Birdcage,'' he played a gay man.
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Robin Williams: Life in pics

He was an English teacher in ``Dead Poets Society,'' a scientist in ``Awakenings'' and a prisoner of war in ``Jakob the Liar.'' In this year's independent film, ``The Angriest Man in Brooklyn,'' Williams played a man mistakenly told he had 90 minutes to live.

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