Actor and comedian Robin Williams was born on July 21, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois. He started out as a stand-up comedian in the mid-1970s before moving on to feature films. He is known for his improvisational performance style and appeared in films like ‘Dead Poets Society’ ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ and ‘Good Will Hunting’ for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Robin Williams had a net worth of $50 million. He committed suicide on August 11, 2014, via hanging at the age of 63.
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