I was thinking of things important to me, and influences that I have noticed all too casually.
Robin Williams
We all know who Robin Williams was. A brilliant comedian, superb actor, and a fast wit that this world had not seen or may never again see.
But he proved he was so much more than that. In 1973 Williams was accepted to the Julliard School. One of select few to get a scholarship, and get accepted into the advanced program. One of the other students accepted was Christopher Reeves. Robin Williams and Christopher Reeves became friends. Williams and Reeve remained close friends until Reeve's death in 2004, following his having become a quadriplegic after a horse-riding accident Zak, Williams' son, said they were like brothers in their friendship. Williams paid many of Reeve's medical bills and gave financial support to his family 
His on-stage energy and improvisational skill are legendary and became a model for a new generation of stand-up comedians. Many comedians valued the way he worked highly personal issues into his comedy routines, especially his honesty about drug and alcohol addiction, along with depression. According to media scholar Derek A. Burrill, because of the openness with which Williams spoke about his own life, "probably the most important contribution he made to pop culture, was Robin Williams the person.”
Robin did a lot for people that most of us never knew. When most stars have elaborate lists of things they need, Robin had a unique request. He actually had a requirement that for every single event or film he did, the company hiring him also had to hire a certain number of homeless people and put them to work. I’m confident that on his own time and with his own money, he was working with these people in need, but he’d also decided to use his pull as an entertainer to make sure that production companies and event planners also learned the value of giving people a chance to work their way back.
He was a great multiplier of his impact. Let’s hope that his impact lives on without him. Thanks, Robin Williams- not just for laughs, but also for a setting a cool example.