“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it,” is one of many quotes made by Robin Williams, but the most important. What Robin Williams means when he says this is we all have that thing inside of us that will make us great and we should try our best to keep it, whatever it is, so it doesn’t get away from us. This is an important message because it pertains to everyone no matter who you are or where you come from. Robin Williams had the gift of being able to make people laugh. He nourished this talent, improved it, and made it his job. It’s good to have a job but it’s really special when your job is something you love doing. Robin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. He had two parents, a mother named Laurie Mclaurin and a father named Robert Fitzgerald Williams. Robin Williams had quite the education. Robin Williams was educated at Claremont Men's College in Claremont, California to study political science. He then dropped out to pursue acting at the College of Marin, a community college in Kentfield, California. Later in 1973, Williams attained a full scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City. Williams then left Juilliard during his …show more content…
Him dying was an upset to the world, but his death led to raising awareness of a little-known, but very common disease. Calls to suicide prevention hotlines have seen a marked increase. Robin Williams’s death showed people that depression and suicide is a very important subject and should be taken seriously. The fact that people should take depression and suicide seriously gave many people with depression the hope of finding a way out of it. His on-stage energy and improvisational skill became a model for a new generation of stand-up comedians. Many comedians valued the way he worked highly personal issues into his comedy routines, especially his honesty about drug and alcohol addiction, along with