Remembering Robin Williams

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Updated August 13, 2014

Don Makson watches as Suzette Demarais places flowers on a bench at Boston's Public Garden, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, where a small memorial has sprung up at the place where Robin Williams filmed a scene during the movie, "Good Will Hunting." Williams, 63, died at his San Francisco Bay Area home Monday in an apparent suicide. (AP)

We remember actor and comedian Robin Williams, who died yesterday at the age of 63, apparently having taken his own life.

Williams' wife, Susan Schneider, said she hopes remembrances of her late husband will focus not on his death "but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave millions of people."

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"We remember Robin Williams –- why he was special, and how he lost his long battle with addiction and depression."

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"And then immediately, all of a sudden, they branded me manic-depressive. I was like, 'Um, that's clinical? I'm not that.' Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh, yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh, yeah."

This article was originally published on August 12, 2014.

This segment aired on August 12, 2014.

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