Remembering Robin williams
 Actor  and comedian Robin Williams was known for his fast-paced,  improvisational performance style and for his performances in films.      Robin McLaurin Williams  (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American  actor and comedian. Starting off as a stand-up comedian  in San Francisco  and Los Angeles  in the mid 1970s, he is credited with leading its "comedy renaissance".  After rising to fame as Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy  (1978–82), Williams went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting.   During his career, he starred as a voice actor in several animated films. His voice role as the Genie  in the animated, musical fantasy film, Aladdin   (1992) was written specifically for Williams. The film's directors  stated that they took a risk by writing the the role, and successfully  convinced him to take it.   Much of his dialogue was improvised, with Williams also impersonating  dozens of celebrity voices, including Ed Sulliva...