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Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards. Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and released several comedy albums including Reality ... What a Concept in 1980. He rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). He received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). Williams went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1997). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Fisher King (1991). Williams starred in the critically acclaimed dramas The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), Patch Adams (1998), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), and World's Greatest Dad (2009). He also starred in family films such as Hook (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Jack (1996), Flubber (1997), RV (2006), and the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014). He lent his voice to the animated films Aladdin (1992), Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006), and its 2011 sequel. Williams was found dead at his home in Paradise Cay, California, in August 2014, at the age of 63. At the time of his suicide, he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. According to his widow, Williams had experienced depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia. His autopsy found "diffuse Lewy body disease" and Lewy body dementia professionals said his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies.
Robin Williams
Captain Hook
for Captain Hook in Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2: The Revenge of Doom
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Within the timeframe of the 1940s to present day, The toons of the world of Roger Rabbit have faced difficulties staying relevant as for one reason or another, many of the classic cartoons from the first have retired aside from the select few that include Roger, Jessica, Baby Herman and Benny the Cab. Despite having good work as two bit parts aside from miscellaneous work as entertainment at birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. A flashback before the main events of the film reveal the funeral of Eddie Valiant and many of the toons alongside his wife. Dolores and his friend, Lt Santino and some of the toons helped from the days of Valiant and Valiant. Everyone mourns the loss of Eddie. Within a darks and desolate place in Los Angeles, relatives of the Toon Patrol resurrect or make a new version of Doom that plans to destroy the toons by remaking and redoing them with subpar but profitable remakes that will lead to them falling out of favor with the general public and in the process allows him to take his revenge upon Roger and all of the toons for killing him and ruining his plans for the last time. Stay Tooned
