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Robin Williams’s daughter, Zelda, has debunked a Hollywood fable about her father on the tenth anniversary of his loss of life.
The Jumanji and Mrs Doubtfire actor died in 2014, an occasion that prompted an outpouring of affection from the world of leisure..
Williams’s closing days have been lined in Robin’s Want, a documentary exploring the neurodegenerative dysfunction that the actor was fighting earlier than he died by suicide in 2014.
On Sunday (11 August), the anniversary of his loss of life, the actor and comic’s daughter debunked what has turn into a hearsay that has turn into an city legend over time: that he owned a pet monkey.
The hearsay circulated attributable to a viral photograph of the actor with a monkey perched on his shoulder. This photograph was shared on X/Twitter by Time Capsule Tales, who claimed it had been taken days earlier than Williams’s loss of life. The account additionally referred to the monkey as his “pet”.
Nevertheless, Zelda stepped in to clear up this fable as soon as and for all, writing: “It’s been dropped at my consideration some in all probability AI written BS like that is going viral. Dad didn’t personal a pet monkey. NO ONE ought to.”
It seems the monkey, which now lives at an animal rescue centre, was one which appeared within the franchise Evening on the Museum, the sequel of which Williams was engaged on earlier than his loss of life.
In Robin’s Want, which was launched in 2020, it was revealed that the actor’s well being deteriorated whereas engaged on the movie.
The actor’s spouse, Susan Schneider Williams, stated that he battled to search out solutions to his well being points earlier than he died after being misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s.
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Regardless of this, he continued to work in movie, and shot Shawn Levy movie Evening on the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, alongside Ben Stiller, Insurgent Wilson and Dan Stevens, on the top of his sickness.
Unbeknownst to Williams, he was affected by Lewy physique dementia, an incurable mind illness, which was solely revealed following his post-mortem.
Zelda added in a separate put up: “Since extra utterly false or badly researched posts are prone to go viral on Dad’s loss of life anniversary, perhaps simply assume they’re all BS (they normally are).”
In the meantime, William’s son Zak wrote in tribute to his father: “Dad, it’s arduous to imagine it’s been 10 years. At the moment, I’m reflecting on the immense love you shared with all of us – your loved ones, your folks, and everybody you met.
“You proceed to encourage me each single day to do no matter I can to assist create a extra linked and loving world for our household. Love you perpetually.”
