Robin Williams: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - Robin Williams: A Supreme Talent Who Was Always On. Sep 18, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Robin Williams. Jun 06, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Robin Williams: A Supreme Talent Who Was Always On. Mar 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Acton Institute - Religion and Liberty Online - The Life of Robin Williams Is the Madness of America. Dec 29, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - How Robin Williams forever changed the world of stand-up comedy. Oct 01, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 29, 2024
Article revised. Aug 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Golden Globes - Ready for My deMille: Profiles in Excellence - Robin Williams, 2005. Jun 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Emmys - Biography of Robin Williams. May 09, 2022
Corrected display issue. Oct 16, 2019
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Robin Williams. Mar 15, 2018
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Robin Williams. Mar 13, 2018
Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Robin Williams dies at 63; Oscar-winning actor, comic genius. Jan 20, 2017
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63. Dec 07, 2015
Added photographs. Jul 02, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Robin Williams. Feb 11, 2015
Article revised and updated. Dec 19, 2014
Noted the release of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). Dec 19, 2014
He died in 2014. Aug 11, 2014
Changed his middle name from "McLaurim" to "McLaurin." May 28, 2014
Noted the release of The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014). May 23, 2014
Added the TV series The Crazy Ones, which debuted in 2013. Sep 27, 2013
Added the movie The Big Wedding (2013). Apr 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Robin Williams. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Official Site of Comic Relief. Jun 05, 2012
Add new Web site: Official Site of Comic Relief. Jun 05, 2012
Added the films Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011). Changed "United Service Organization, Inc." to "United Service Organizations, Inc." Nov 18, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Robin Williams. Jul 15, 2011
Added the play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Apr 01, 2011
Added the movie Old Dogs (2009). Nov 25, 2009
Updated with his heart surgery and the announcement of the resumption of his "Weapons of Self Destruction" comedy tour. Jul 15, 2009
Added new movie, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. May 28, 2009
New article added. May 13, 2009
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