IT IS DEFINITELY JUST
HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THE NEWS
TODAY.
KATHY PARK JOINS US LIVE FROM
THE COMEDY SPOT IN MIDTOWN
SACRAMENTO WITH REACTION FROM
OUR LOCAL COMEDY COMMUNITY.
AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, THIS NEWS
IS SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH
THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE COMEDY
SPOT IN MIDTOWN WHERE WE HAVE
CONNECTED WITH ONE OF THE
REGULAR COMEDIANS HERE.
HE JOINS US LIVE.
OBVIOUSLY,
THIS IS A VERY
DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU AND
EMOTIONAL.
TELL US YOUR CONNECTION WIRTH
ROBIN.
HE PERFORMED REGULARLY AT THE
THEATER.
I GOT TO KNOW HIM THROUGH
THERE.
HE WOULD DROP BY THE GREEN ROOM
AND HANG OUT AND TALK.
SUPER GENEROUS AND
COMPLEMENTARY.
JUST A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND.
YOU WERE TELLING ME EARLIER
THAT HE SERVED AS A MENTOR.
HE WAS OFFERING TIPS AND ADVICE
FOR RISING COMICS.
HE WOULD FLATTER YOU BECAUSE
IT WOULD GO BOTH WAYS.
HE WOULD ASK US FOR NOTES AND
RUN THINGS BY US.
VERY FLATTERING.
HE MADE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE
HANGING OUT WITH ANOTHER COMIC.
HATTED YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE
NEWS?
I SOUGHT ON FACEBOOK
-- I SAW
IT ON FACEBOOK.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A HOAX.
I TRY TO CONFIRM IT RIGHT AWAY.
I KNOW ON FACEBOOK, YOU
POSTED A PHOTO WITH ROBIN AS
WELL.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW
APPROACHABLE OF A GUY HE WAS.
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
LIGHTER SIDE OF HIM.
YOU NEVER REALLY SAW THIS
DARK
SIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CONNECTED WITH HIM AS A COMEDIC
LEVEL.
I WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER
FRIEND OF MINE IT WAS A COMEDIAN
-- THE AUDIENCE WILL LAUGH WHEN
WE DO REALLY DARK MATERIAL.
WE WILL PULL EACH OTHER
ASIDE
AFTERWARDS AND ASK IF WE ARE
DOING OK.
YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THAT MATERIAL
FROM ROBIN.
OFFSTAGE, I WAS SURE THE DARK
SIDE WAS BEHIND THEM.
HE WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE
AROUND AND ALWAYS IN A POSITIVE
MOOD.
IT IS A BUMMER.
A WAS TELLING YOU EARLIER WHEN
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO A
PIZZA PLACE AFTER FINISHING A
TAPING -- I WALKED IN LATE AND
HE STANDS UP AND YELLS MY NAME.
HE IS CALLING OUT TO ME IN FRONT
OF THESE FAMOUS COMEDIANS AND I
AM LIKE, WOW.
IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT.
INCREDIBLY FLATTERING.
SO MANY MEMORIES AND STORIES.
WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST.
BACK TO YOU.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE
REST OF US LAUGH.
THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN.
HE DIDN'T MIND SHARING THAT
WITH US.
ONCE AGAIN, ACTOR ROBIN WILLIAMS
FOUND DEAD IN HIS MARIN COUNTY
HOME.
ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, THE
PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
SUICIDE DUE TO ASPHYXIA.
WILLIAMS WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS
STANDUP COMEDY AS WELL AS
TELEVISION AND MOVIE CAREERS.
HE WON AN AWARD FOR HIS ROLE IN
"GOOD WILL HUNTING" AND HAD
RECENTLY SIGNED ON TO REPRISE
HIS ROLE AS BELOVED CHARACTER
MRS. DOUBTFIRE.
ROBIN WILLIAMS WAS 63 YEARS OLD.
KCRA 3 HAS A CREW ON ITS WAY TO
MARIN COUNTY SO WE WILL HAVE
