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For this month’s blog here at The Click Experts, we would like to take a break from our usual articles discussing business or technical matters. Instead, we’d like to take a few minutes to remember the life and mourn the passing of Robin Williams.

Mr. Williams was not only one of the world’s funniest comedians and greatest actors; he was also one of its kindest, most compassionate, generous, and greatest citizens. He had a special brand of manic humor and an incredible passion for things, people, and causes he cared about and thought were important.

From his first television appearance in 1974 on Happy Days as an alien named Mork and his later starring role as Mork in the spin off series Mork and Mindy, through his successful transition into movies and subsequent brilliant career on the big screen, Mr. Williams entertained and inspired generations of fans worldwide. He had an incredible gift to make people laugh, and he also had an uncanny ability to bare his soul in a dramatic and deeply personal way. While many comedians who got their start doing stand up are also talented actors, few have ever exhibited the depth and breadth of ability in the way that Robin Williams did.

His body of work is reflective of that broad range of talent. Mr Williams examined the human condition in introspective dramas like Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society and called out the powerful in gritty political movies like Good Morning, Vietnam. He pushed the boundaries with artsy and avante-garde films like Toys and What Dreams May Come. He inspired us and tugged at our heart strings with movies like Patch Adams. He was at his best, however, when making the kinds of slightly bizarre and uproariously, hilariously funny children’s movies for which he’s best known- films like Jumanji, Hook, Aladdin, and of course, his perhaps most iconic film, Mrs. Doubtfire.

The world is a little less bright without Robin Williams in it, but we can all take solace in the fact that he left a much, much brighter place overall for having been in it in the first place. Here at The Click Experts, we join with fans the world over in offering our condolences to his family and his friends. We call on everyone throughout the world to honor Mr. Williams’ legacy by taking a little piece of him with them in their heart everywhere they go and using it to inspire them to do something, however small, each and every day that makes the world a more joyful, wacky, weird, wonderful, and most importantly, fun place.

A short video tribute to Robin Williams: