{"id":4030,"date":"2014-08-12T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2014-08-12T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T17:17:07","slug":"rip-robin-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/4030","title":{"rendered":"RIP Robin&nbsp;Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up this morning to find out that one of my favorite actors and comedians that I grew up watching has died. I really loved the way Robin Williams could be super nuts and, at the same time, be a serious actor. Given the amount <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/08\/actor-robin-williams-dead\/\" title=\"Robin Williams\u2019 Death Sparks Web Tributes From Comedy\u2019s Elite\">outpouring of respect and RIPs<\/a>, he&#8217;s made a big contribution to acting, comedy, and people&#8217;s lives. Here are a couple of videos I like that shows how great of an actor and comedian he really is.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000245\/awards\" title=\"Robin Williams Awards\">Oscar-winning performance <\/a>in Good Will Hunting.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qM-gZintWDc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An interview with Craig Ferguson showing off his intelligent, crazy and spontaneous self.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IF7TXHDwpX8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over 40 decades, Robin Williams created a host of memorable characters. Here are some favorites from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-many-faces-of-robin-williams-2014-8\" title=\"The Many Faces Of Robin Williams [INFOGRAPHIC]\">the Business Insider<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-12-at-7.28.05-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-08-12 at 7.28.05 PM\" width=\"1202\" height=\"810\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-12-at-7.28.05-PM.png 1202w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-12-at-7.28.05-PM-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-12-at-7.28.05-PM-1024x690.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1202px) 100vw, 1202px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up this morning to find out that one of my favorite actors and comedians that I grew up watching has died. I really loved the way Robin Williams could be super nuts and, at the same time, be a serious actor. Given the amount outpouring of respect and RIPs, he&#8217;s made a big contribution &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/4030\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RIP Robin&nbsp;Williams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[367,366,368,152,369],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4030"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4040,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions\/4040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}