Robin Williams

Looking back on the many lives of Robin Williams

Jaime Weinman examines the comedian and actor’s incredible career and personal history

Amanda Bynes and the double standard of mental illness

When Robin Williams died, we promised to tackle the stigma of mental illness. So why do we mock Amanda Bynes?

Robin Williams: The stigma of suicide and banishing the ‘demons’

Robin Williams’s death came as a surprise—and that’s an indictment of our blindness to depression and its potential consequences

Losing the guardian of happy endings

Emma Teitel on how Robin Williams became a generation’s moral guide

Maclean’s preview: The genius of Robin Williams

A sneak peek at our special digital issue on the life and legacy of Robin Williams

The verse that Robin Williams contributed

Paul Wells on the deep and generous legacy of a manic talent

What we know about Robin Williams

Breathlessly funny at times, the comedian was a star. (What more do you need to know?) Jaime Weinman on a life and its legacy

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The straight story of a gay pioneer

Three decades after his assassination, Harvey Milk escapes Oliver Stone, and gets his due