Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)
Robin Williams, the prolific Oscar-winning actor and comedian,
died by suicide on August 11, 2014. He was only 63.
1987
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)
Robin Williams, the prolific Oscar-winning actor and comedian,
died by suicide on August 11, 2014. He was only 63.
1987
On August 11, 1973, the nostalgic teenage coming-of-age
movie American Graffiti, directed and co-written by George
Lucas, opened in theaters across the United States. Set in
California in the summer of 1962, the film was nominated
for five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best
Picture, and helped launch the big-screen careers of Richard
Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford, as well as the former child actor
and future Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard.
The film’s success enabled Lucas (below) to get his next
movie made, the mega-hit Star Wars (1977).

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Harrison Ford

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Robert Swan, the veteran character actor who appeared in key
roles in the notable sports films Hoosiers, Rudy and The Babe,
died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer at his home in
Rolling Prairie, Indiana.
Swan also portrayed a Canadian Mountie in Brian De Palma’s
The Untouchables (1987) and a bloodied deputy in Oliver
Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) and was other lawmen in
Who’s That Girl (1987) and Mo’ Money (1992).
Robert Swan in Natural Born Killers.
Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes
and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is the recipient
of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards,
four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two
Primetime Emmy Awards. Hoffman has received numerous
honors including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the
AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy
Center Honors Award in 2012.

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Paul Reubens ( Rubenfeld) (August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023)
Well known actor Paul Reubens who played the role of
Pee-Wee Herman died Sunday of cancer which he had
been fighting for six years.
