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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama Responds To Robin Williams' Death: 'He Was One Of A Kind'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/obama-robin-williams_n_5670241.html
The Huffington Post | By Ashley Alman
President Barack Obama expressed his condolences on Monday to the family and friends of comic and actor Robin Williams, who died in an apparent suicide earlier that day.
Williams, 63, was found dead around noon on Monday at his home in Tiburon, California.
The president commemorated Williams for his "immeasurable talent" in the statement:
Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robins family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams.
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Obama Responds To Robin Williams' Death: 'He Was One Of A Kind' (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2014
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senseandsensibility
(16,713 posts)1. Classy statement.
Very dignified and positive. I'm heartbroken, but reading this did lift my spirits a little.
Cha
(295,929 posts)2. That was a beautifully poignant statement from President Obama and actually
made me cry like it's finally hitting me.
Mahalo Steve~
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)3. So I'm crying....more. nt
When I was a kid I watched him because we shared the same first name. I got Comic Relief for my 18th birthday. I have almost all or his movies.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)4. Nicely said. k&r n/t
-Laelth
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)5. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, Omaha Steve.
trueblue2007
(17,138 posts)7. i can't cry. i just can't believe it
mokawanis
(4,434 posts)8. Well said, Mr. President
Robin did indeed make us laugh and make us cry.
calimary
(80,700 posts)9. Eloquent.
Rex
(65,616 posts)10. That is exactly what he was.
dballance
(5,756 posts)11. I am totally saddened by his passing.
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I too suffer from depression. Some days it is really difficult to just get out of bed. Even with the meds I take.