State Department on
Robin Williams: 'His Humor Was Just That Expansive'
by Caroline May 12 Aug 2014, 9:35 AM PDT
Secretary of State John Kerry offered
a tribute to actor Robin Williams Tuesday morning.
“There wasn’t anybody Robin Williams couldn’t
touch. His humor was just that expansive,”
Kerry said in a statement dispatched by the State
Department.
Williams died in a suspected suicide Monday.
According to Kerry, Williams “was an absolute genius, with
an extraordinary zest for his profession.”
“It’s safe to say that there was more going on in him in one
minute than most people in a week. He loved people and he committed himself to
any issue that concerned him,” Kerry continued, adding:
Robin wasn’t just a huge creative genius, but a caring,
involved citizen. I’ll always be grateful for his personal friendship and his
support for the causes that we both cared about deeply. We will all miss
Robin’s uncanny impressions, zany observations, and cutting-edge quips that
found the truth as well as the humor.
“Teresa and I join the millions he inspired around the world
in offering our deepest condolences to his family at this immensely difficult
moment,” he concluded.
Monday evening, President Obama offered condolences to
Williams’ “family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their
verse thanks to Robin Williams.”
State Department
John F. Kerry is the
secretary at the U.S. Department of
State for the Barack Obama
administration, Cameron F. Kerry’s
brother, and married to Teresa Heinz
Kerry.
Note: Cameron F. Kerry
is John F. Kerry’s brother, and a fellow
at the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is married to John F. Kerry,
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Chicago.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for the St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Robin Williams
was a spokesperson for the St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital.
Ray Romano is a
spokesperson for the St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital, and a William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ari Emanuel is the
co-CEO & director for William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm I. Emanuel
is Ari Emanuel’s brother, a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the
White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
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