Obama tribute to 'one of a kind' Robin Williams
Oscar-winning US actor and comedian Robin Williams at a press conference for his film Good Morning Vietnam at the Festival de Cinéma Américain in Deauville on September 4, 1988. Mr Williams died from suspected suicide on August 11, 2014, after battling depression. AFP PHOTO | FILES | MYCHELE DANIAU
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- "He arrived in our lives as an alien -- but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit," Obama added, referring to Williams' breakthrough television role as the extraterrestrial visitor Mork.
President Barack Obama and the US first family joined a national outpouring of grief Monday to pay tribute to the deceased actor and comedian Robin Williams.
"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, " Obama said.
"He arrived in our lives as an alien -- but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit," Obama added, referring to Williams' breakthrough television role as the extraterrestrial visitor Mork.
"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 Robin's family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams," the statement concluded.
