Himself by asphyxia. In other words, he seems to have cut off his oxygen somehow. A forensic examination scheduled for tomorrow for a comic legend gone too soon at 63. Robin williams born in chicago rose to fame in the late 70s ntd hit Television Series mork and mindy and all of us of a certain age will never forget mork from ork. It was a spinoff of the tv show happy days. He later had hit after hit after hit on the big screen including good morning, vietnam, dead Poets Society and hook. He voiced the lovable genie in the disney animated film aladdin. And in 1993 he became to everyones delight mrs. Doubtfire, a divorced dad who dressed as a scottish nanny to be closer to his own kid. Who could forget this scene . A pinch of basil. Oh, damn ahh mother going to blow easy. Easy. There. Calm down. Calm down. Oh, come on. Hey, hey, hey, hey. My god, its clotted. Oh, god. This smells like burnt rubber. God, its hot in here. Ohh ahhh oh, my, your friends are on fire there, mrs. Doubtfire. Great box office success. Plans for a mrs. Doubtfire sequel were reportedly in the works. In 1998 Robin Williams won an oscar for best supporting actor in good will hunting. He was very open about his struggles with depression and drug and alcohol abuse. This morning i lost my husband and best friend while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. She goes on, i am utterly heartbroken and says he is remembered. It is our hope that the focus will not be on robins death but on the countless moments of joy and laughter that he gave to millions. And well do just that throughout the next hour. Claudia first from his home in tiburon, california, just north of san francisco. Hi, claudia. Reporter and, shepard, its so hard to believe that this larger than life man is gone. Robin williams was found dead inside his home here in tiburon this morning. He was last seen alive here at his house at around 10 00 last night. He lived here with his wife. Its not clear who found his body or who called 911, but when paramedics arrived here at the home just a few minutes before noon local time williams was unresponsive and he was declared dead just a few minutes after noon. His body was then taken away by the marin county coroner. The Award Winning actor and legendary comedian made many, many films here in the bay area, mrs. Doubtfire, jack, patch adams and one executive said he basically kept the bay area Film Industry afloat at the time. Along with the movies and television shows, he did a lot of Philanthropy Work supporting troops overseas and raising millions to help the homeless. He also struggled with drugs and alcohol. He did several stints at rehab most recently were being told was sobriety maintenance as he kept up with a busy schedule making fim ls backtoback including a sequel to night at the museum. He never hid his addiction from his fans. In fact, he talked about it publicly often with his trademark humor. He had Health Issues as well though. In 2009 he was rushed to the hospital and underwent heart surgery and was very open about that too. Tonight hes being remembered as an honest and easily accessible star. Very down to earth. He was also one of the 16 million americans battling depression. And in a statement tonight his representative says williams had been battling severe depression lately. A forensic examination and autopsy will be conducted tomorrow along with toxicology tests. Shepard, i have to say, Robin Williams wu certainly a fixture here in the bay area. He performed quite often at the local comedy theater in mill valley frequently spotted riding his Mountain Bike around town and would often talk to his fans and sign autographs. Very, very friendly. And tonight this whole community is very much stunned and in mourning. In fact, were already seeing the makeshift memorial grow here in front of his house. And you know that in the hours and days ahead more people will be leaving these flowers here. The memorial to Robin Williams will grow. Im sure they will. Claudia in tiburon, california, this evening for us. He was hilarious, obviously. He had that timing that took him from bit to bit at a speed that seems like the mind shouldnt really be able to travel. For most of us it certainly didnt. He also had such an enormous range. You so rarely see that in a comedian where he can go lightning fast with comedy and bit after bit and then all of a sudden slow down into a very dramatic character. Think of good will hunting and the work that he performed with matt damon. It was truly astounding. So many of television have spoken of robins, larry king, a cnn legend said a genuine caring guy he was. Not just a funny man but a guy who care about people. Larry king has spoken to people from every walk of life and all over this world. Were thankful to have him with us tonight. I read you spent a lot of time with him and really adored him. I really did, shepard. You would have too. Anybody who knew him would have adored him. He was a sweet, gentle, kind man. A sensational talent, as you pointed out. He could do so many variables. A great range. He could play villains, remember insomnia, one hour photo who played the crazy guy who developed films and turned out to be a predator. He could do comedy roles. He did serious roles and foremost comedian. Jonathan winters was his hero. He tried to be a lot like Jonathan Winters. He put Jonathan Winters in mork and mindy. He i cant tell you enough good things that he does for people around him. How he was with his fans, as claudia pointed out, he would greet people all the time. He was an easy accessible star. A grat talent. What a sad, sad thing. Shepa shepard, the hard part of this is to try to understand depression. To get into the head of someone think of someone that successful, that funny, that rich, who has entertained so many, that could be so low as to take his own life is incomprehensible. To me its incomprehensible. He was asked about whether when he was dry and sober if he could still be funny, larry. And he said, yeah, he was even funnier then and found himself even quicker then. I wonder if in your format which is frankly the kind of format i miss on tv these days where you can spend a whole hour with somebody, if at times he wasnt in some ways so intimidating. He was so quick. Yeah, but he was fun to work with. If youre an interviewer, you play right into them. I did a stage appearance with him in san francisco, we did a Big Charity Event and i was the emcee, he came on and he emceed a roast of me once in san francisco. That might have been painful. Yeah. But he was youre right, he was so quick. They said i never got one, but they said his phone messages that if you called his house if he wasnt home were hysterical. He and Jonathan Winters would go back and forth deliberately leaving phone messages and telling people to call and dont wait for an answer, he wouldnt pick up the phone so you could hear the phone message. Then he could be very, very serious. The last time he appeared with me we had a frank discussion about his problems with alcohol and trying to overcome that. I guess, you know, youll never know. Suicide is one of those things that people debate whether its gutty or chicken. I dont think well ever know the answer. I just cant comprehend what it must have been like at those last moments of his life. To take your own life. Can you comprehend . Away from family and friends and an adoring world. I wondered especially in the context of this is a man who last month was in rehab, but he wasnt in rehab its my understanding because he fell off the wagon, because he was suddenly drunk. It was because he realized, wow, to go in as preventive wagon. Maintenance. That doesnt sound like the action of one that might take his own life . No. I remember mike wallace was depressed the last 30 years of his life. Told me when youre in a depressive state, when its deep depression as wallace once saved art buchwalds life, you could get the news that youve just lost all of your earnings and your pay and everybodys left you, you could also get at the same time the news that an uncle you didnt know just left you 20 million. Both pieces of news would be the same. Thats what depression is like. Its a bottomless pit. And to try to imagine to get into that, its not a mood swing. Its a bottomless pit. And how tragic this is. What a sad, sad story. What can you say . And also the method of doing asphyxiation, whoa. Its beyond me. You know, larry, i feel if anything to come out of this maybe we look you have to realize Robin Williams had a support network like probably few on earth. Hes known by everyone around the world. He has unlimited access to doctors and love and everything that you could ever want. And yet this happened to him. I wonr if we shouldnt all look around at our lives tonight and say who needs me. Who needs a phone call . Who needs a little bit of a pep talk . Who needs a knock on the door tomorrow morning . We probably all know somebody. Yeah. Who needs a simple i love you . Who needs a simple im thinking about you . Why not call a friend. You know, we dont know whats fwoing on in someones mind at any time. But thats a very nice thought, shepard. Why not just call a friend and say how you doing . Larry, youve interviewed so many different kinds of people and ive watched in awe from time to time over the last decade as it happened. I just wonder where you think he fits in this world of those who influence us and in a world of ones who would love to have us smile before we put our heads on the pillow every night, he seems high to me. Very high. I would call his talent stupendous. There was no talent he did not have. I mean, he was extraordinary is the word. The impact because a lot of times we dont appreciate them until we feel a loss like this. We dont go around during the day thinking about Robin Williams. Hell make a movie, well see it, hell appear somewhere, well go watch his concert. We wouldnt even think about Robin Williams today and suddenly the loss is so personal to all of us because he gave us a gift. He had a gift. Yes, he got remunerated for it, but he gave the gift to us. And we accepted that gift. And he gave us at his height of course when first thing you think of is Robin Williams, he gave us the gift of laughter. And thats a gift that we can never repay. Ive been reading through a bunch of quotes of his from over the years and one of them that struck me is, reality is a crutch for people who cant cope with drugs. I hate to look back on famous peoples quotes because they have so many and try to ascribe some meaning to them. But the list was long. And i know he was reaching out because he did so very publicly including on your program on cnn. Yeah, he did. But he always said, you know, im battling through it. Im getting better. Im funnier when i drink. Which is a defensive method. You know, words could start to fail you, shepard. Youve got a whole hour to do tonight on him, but he, you know, they said about certain people his likes will never cross us again. We can say that about Robin Williams. We will not see his likes again. Larry king, what are you doing now . I see you around from time to time. I got my show on aura tv, distributed by hulu. Im doing a baseball show for the Dodger Network and im doing a lot of speaking engagements and raising two young kids who are both superb baseball players. Theyre 15 and 14. Im 80 years old. I cant believe im 80. And i stay young. Man. I feel good. Im so glad to hear it. Youre an inspiration. The great larry king live with us tonight. Thank you, shepard. Thank you, man. All right. Appreciate it. Everyone as ive been watching all night and reading all over the internet, anybody who had any kind of contact with him said the same thing. He was so quick. You could not keep up with him if you tried to. It was better if you didnt try to. In just a while well show you a clip from tonight show, the first time hed ever been on tonight show and sitting next to Johnny Carson. Imagine being in that chair. At a time when half the countrys watching and as Robin Williams sit down and have a conversation . No, he takes over. One bit for ten seconds, next bit for eight seconds, next bit for seven seconds, next bit for 20. And Johnny Carson with his cup of something sitting there at the set and Robin Williams reaches over and grabs it and says Something Like the germs are gone now the sores have subsided, dont worry, Johnny Carson. And i felt like even Johnny Carson was taken by how quick and impressive this guy was. And youre thinking, wow, what a comedian. He can just go and go and go and change channels. But thats what he is. Hes a comedian. And over time we learned he was so much more with the depth and experience and bravado and the anlt to take you to a quiet place in a very difficult moment and draw every emotion imaginable out of you. I was going to save it for later, but i want to show you this clip. I think we have a longer version. The first time Robin Williams ever sat at the chair at tonight show. People always think performers dont get nervous. Not at all, really. Oh, god. Not really. Oh, god. Not really, no way. Is the reason you dont do these you get nervous . I suffer from severe dyslexia. I was the only trick or treater on my block to go trick or trout. Oh, here comes the Young Williams boy, again. Better get some fish. Here you go. Say hi to your mom and dad. [ laughter ] where is home for you . Or did you come from a home . They sent all the people to the institution, tommy. You havent taken your medication yet, youll be fine. Back at 12 00. Look at this thing. Look, flipper. [ laughter ] right now theres going what are you doing . Oh, god. Relax. Youre a nice man. You wont hurt me. No, no. Dont be afraid. The sores on the way. The simplex two or three . A real man can stand up to herpes. [ laughter ] and the reference of course who can forget the movie, i was a junior in high school then. Maybe i saw a rerun, but i really feel like i saw that. And it was doubled over in laughter going who is this guy. 1981. And he is or was and still is as relevant as he ever was. Kim sar fin is the Senior Editor at in touch weekly and with us from los angeles. So sad that hes gone, but i think a lot of people are going to come to understand what a really big deal he was. Oh, yeah. And you mentioned that. You even said at the beginning of the show, i think, people of a certain age will remember mork and mindy but then you just said what you just said about him affecting so many different people, so many different generations. Whether it was you got to know him through mork and mindy or good will hunting, whether you knew him through playing theodore roosevelt, and mrs. Downfire, people of all ages love that movie. This is the one time unfortunately we hear people in hollywood all the time going through this, but i think this is one time where every generation is affected by Something Like this. So often when someone of his caliber dies people like me will say, well, did anyone in hollywood know . The truth is in this case we all knew. But he made it such a part of his comedic routine that it almost felt like is this just part of the show . Right. It seemed like this is someone who has control over this situation. Because youre right, it is very sad. In hollywood we hear stories like this all the time from actors who are younger, from actor who is are older dealing with this who maybe you didnt even know. You would have been surprised i think if you heard other people, oh, they were struggling with depression. But he was very open about his struggles with this. I think you mentioned he had checked himself back into rehab about a month ago for some fine tuning according to his publicist. He did go to rehab in 2006. He said hed been sober for 20 years but he had been very open about talking about this. But again its just so different than his personality, than his public persona which everyone thinks of him as such a comic, a comic genius, someone who has affected so many peoples lives. Were there rumors in recent weeks that the problem had become more severe . That he was one that needed attention . No. I think, again, there was that report that he had gone back to rehab back in july, about a month ago. But according to his publicist it was just because he needed some fine tuning. So it was something whos thinking ahead of the game, he wants to address this, he knows its coming back in. But he wants to take care of it before it gets out of control. This is someone who is working all the time. He had just signed on to do a mrs. Doubtfire sequel. It seemed like it was back on track. A third night of the museum coming out in december. Yes, his tv show was canceled but he was working, working, working all the time. All right. Mighty good to talk to you tonight. I certainly do appreciate it. Remembering Robin Williams tonight. One thing he said and ive been reading a lot of quotes tonight, throughout the program im going to share some that i like. 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