FATHER OF THREE

Who were Robin Williams’ wife and children?

BELOVED actor Robin Williams tragically passed away on August 11, 2014.

Williams was the recipient of one Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.

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From left to right: Robin Williams, his ex-wife Marsha Graces, his daughter Zelda and son ZacharyCredit: MATT CARASELLA/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Who were Robin Williams' wife and children?

The Good Will Hunting actor was married three times throughout his life.

His first marriage was with Valeria Velardi in June 1978.

The couple met while Williams was working as a bartender at a tavern in San Francisco.

They have one son together, Zachary Pym "Zak," born in 1983. He's now 38 years old.

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Williams and Velardi divorced in 1988 when it was reported that the actor began an affair with his son's nanny Marsha Garces two years prior.

In April 1989, Williams married Garces, who was six months pregnant with his child.

Garces gave birth to two of Williams' children — Zelda Rae, born in 1989, and Alan, born in 1991.

In March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Before his death, Williams was married to graphic designer Susan Schneider.

The couple wedded in October 2011; however, they never had children together.

How did Robin Williams die?

Williams died by suicide in his Paradise Cay, California home on August 11, 2014.

Williams' autopsy attributed the suicide to his struggle with Lewy Body Disease.

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LBD is a type of progressive dementia that leads to the decline of ones thinking, reasoning, and independent function.

In an opinion piece published in the journal Neurology titled, The terrorist inside my husband's brain, Schneider explained how Williams was "losing his mind" while living with the disease.

Robin Williams committed suicide on August 11, 2014Credit: AP:Associated Press

“Robin was losing his mind and he was aware of it. Can you imagine the pain he felt as he experienced himself disintegrating?” Schneider wrote.

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“My husband was trapped in the twisted architecture of his neurons and no matter what I did I could not pull him out."

“He kept saying, ‘I just want to reboot my brain,’” the widow recounted.

Schneider described her husband’s rapid shifts in and out of clarity.

“I experienced my brilliant husband being lucid with clear reasoning 1 minute and then, 5 minutes later, blank, lost in confusion," she wrote.

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"I was powerless in helping him see his own brilliance."

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What was Robin Williams' net worth?

After decades in Hollywood making audiences laugh and cry, Williams' movies took in about $5.1billion worldwide.

However, upon his death, the award-winning actor's fortune stood at $50million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

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