Robin Williams’ youngsters pay tribute on what would have been his 72nd birthday
T
he kids of late actor Robin Williams have paid tribute to him on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
Father-of-three Williams died by suicide in Northern California in 2014. He was 63 years previous.
He would have celebrated his 72nd birthday on July 22, 2023.
Taking to social media over the weekend, the Oscar-winner’s son, Zak, 40, and daughter Zelda, 33, paid their respects individually.
“Happy 72nd Dad! Was remembering how much I used to love that look you’d give,” wrote Zak on Instagram. “That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well. Joyous and curious and wondrous. Miss you and love you forever.”
His phrases had been shared alongside {a photograph} of his father sporting headphones and smiling in his 1987 struggle comedy Good Morning, Vietnam.
Zelda in the meantime recommended that Williams would have supported the continued writers and actors’ strike in Hollywood as she shared a picutre of him becoming a member of the New York picket line within the 2007 strike.
In it, the Mrs Doubtfire star will be seen holding an indication that reads “SGA WGA ON STRIKE” alongside fellow protestors.
“Happy birthday to Poppo, who definitely would’ve been out there fighting the good fight for art and artists today and always,” she wrote within the accompanying caption.
Williams was a vocal advocate for writers’ rights in the course of the strike in 2007. That yr, the WGA took industrial motion with a key problem within the negotiations being royalties from DVD gross sales.
The 2007/08 season strike lasted for 100 days and practically 25 per cent of primetime scripted programming over that interval was misplaced utterly.
Speaking about his determination to get entangled on the time, he advised The Hollywood Reporter: “This is not about millionaire screenwriters. They don’t need to be on strike. This is not about me, I’m fine.
“This is about a large amount of people who are simply trying to get their fair share.”
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