Robin Williams
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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 spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films. Williams 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, five Grammy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Williams was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.
Born in Chicago, 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). Williams received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). Williams won 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), Awakenings (1990), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), and World's Greatest Dad (2009). He also starred in Toys (1992), The Birdcage (1996), and Patch Adams (1998), as well as 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). Williams lent his voice to the animated films Aladdin (1992), Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006), and its 2011 sequel.
During his final years, Williams struggled with severe depression before his death from suicide in 2014 at his Paradise Cay, California, home at age 63. According to his widow, Williams had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and had been experiencing depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia. His autopsy found "diffuse Lewy body disease", and Lewy body dementia professionals said that his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies. In the weeks following his suicide, Williams was celebrated in a wave of tributes.
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- Oboe Concerto in F Major, BWV 1053: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in F Major, BWV 1053: II. Siciliano - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in F Major, BWV 1053: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe d'amore Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe d'amore Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe d'amore Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in C Major, RV 449: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in C Major, RV 449: II. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in C Major, RV 449: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, RV 460: I. Allegro non tanto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, RV 460: II. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, RV 460: III. Allegro non molto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 465: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 465: II. Adagio - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 465: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in F Major, RV 456 "Harmonia Mundi": I. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in F Major, RV 456 "Harmonia Mundi": II. Allegro - Adagio - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in F Major, RV 456 "Harmonia Mundi": III. Presto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: I. Allegro non presto - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2: II. Adagio - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: I. Allego - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: II. Adagio - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto-Pasticcio in C Major: I. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto-Pasticcio in C Major: II. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto-Pasticcio in C Major: III. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto-Pasticcio in C Major: IV. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, HWV 287: I. Grave - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, HWV 287: II. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, HWV 287: III. Sarabande. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in G Minor, HWV 287: IV. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto in C Minor: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Concerto in C Minor: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in E-Flat Major, TWV 51:S1: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in E-Flat Major, TWV 51:S1: II. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in E-Flat Major, TWV 51:S1: III. Vivace - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in E Minor, TWV 51:2: I. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in E Minor, TWV 51:2: II. Andante - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in E Minor, TWV 51:2: III. Allegro - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, TWV 51:2: I. Largo - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, TWV 51:2: II. Vivace - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, TWV 51:2: III. Andante - Favourite Oboe Concertos - Robin Williams
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