Billy Crystal Pays Tribute to Robin Williams at the Emmy Awards In Memoriam (Video)

Billy Crystal gave an emotionally powerful tribute to the late Robin Williams at the Primetime Emmy Awards during the In Memoriam segment. He honored the comedic legend with resounding words which will be remembered. “He made us laugh, hard,’ he said of his lontime friend. The tragic death of Robin Williams by suicide at age 63 was just a couple of weeks before the Emmy Awards. Of course, he would be get his tribute during the In Memoriam. But we know how it is when we are shocked and saddedn by a death so soon before an awards ceremony. Such was the case with Michael Jackson dying days before the BET Awards and similarly, Whitney Houston dying right before the Grammy Awards. So it was with Robin Williams. As Billy Crystal, his friend for decades, took to the stage we were perhaps already primed to shed tears. Long associated with Williams personally and professionally Billy Crystal was a fitting choice. Along with Whoopie Goldberg, the three of them for years put on the now iconic and memorable Comic Relief telethons benefiting the homeless. And Billy Crystal, spoke words that reminded us of the giant that we have lost. As the [...]

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