TELL Magazine

Robin Williams, Oscar winning actor and comic died on August 11 at 63. He was found dead in his home in Tiburon California.

Police suspect that the actor may have committed suicide by asphyxiation and his publicist said he had been battling severe depression for a while.

William was born in Chicago in 1951, he became one of only two students accepted into John Houseman’s prestigious acting program at Julliard, the other being Christopher Reeve, who became a lifelong friend.

Williams was labeled the funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly in 1997, he brought audiences hours of laughter.