we'll see you again tomorrow night. we'll see you again tomorrow -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, anderson is off. a lot happening tonight. you're going to hear from a witness to the police shooting that left a young man dead, protesters on the march and a police department on the hot seat. also, with bombs rocking baghdad, u.s. air strikes on going, there is new word that more american servicemen and women are heading back into iraq, but we begin with details coming to light in the death of robin williams, and now reminders of what so many people, friends and fans alike are missing so deeply tonight from his comic genius to his human spirit. today, authorities in marin county north of san francisco went before the cameras. tad is there for us and joining us now. ted, you were there at the news conference. what did the police say? >> reporter: well, wolf, some of the details were just disturbing. they went into detail how robin williams took his life.

he did hang himself with a belt near a close set in a room where he was by himself. his wife and he spent the night in their home here in marin county. she went to bed and left the next morning thinking her husband was just asleep, a personal assistant trying to get ahold of robin williams then eventually got into the room. she is the one that found robin williams and made that 911 call. investigators say there is no note that they can talk about right now. they wouldn't rule it out that it exists but they didn't talk about it. they are going to wait until this investigation is over, and that will not be until the toxicology results are in and that is expected between two and five weeks. another disturbing detail, robin williams did have cuts on his left wrist and a closed knife was found near his body but the

initial investigation shows affixation is the cause. toxicology is number one and then also, they say they will talk to people who were around robin williams in the days and weeks leading up to his death. they also confirmed what we had heard, that he indeed was seeking help for depression in the days before his death. >> ted rollins, thanks very much for that report. for all his energy in front of the camera, friends say robin williams was actually a very private, very low key person which means whatever he said publicly about his inner battles with addiction and depression, admissions, brash and funny as they sometimes could be obviously did not tell the entire story. >> you get drunk, you go out for indian food. you wake up in bombay with a camel licking your balls. ta da! you are an alcoholic. >> he joked about it then, even

though his problem was very real and very serious. for 30 years, robin williams battled an addiction to cocaine and alcohol that took hold soon after he became famous in the 1980s. >> when i did "mork and mindy" i was on everything but skates. >> he overdosed on heroin and cocaine and died in 1982. williams described that night as frightening and led him with the birth of his first son to get sober. he spoke about it to abc's nightline. >> the one thing that cleaned me up was having a kid. that's immediate if that's the thing, i didn't have any rehab or any, you know, any groups. >> really? by yourself? >> oh, totally. just i took my mother's advice of vitamins and exercise. when you have a kid, you're awake and smell like pea anyway. >> robins says he was clean for 20 years but it wasn't easy,

because of his craving for alcohol. >> i was an alcohol -- a drunk. >> that's nice of you to say. >> you said it. >> he called his descent into alcoholism gradual. >> you were sober for 20 years. >> i was. >> what happened? >> i drank. [ laughter ] >> did you realize -- >> i realized, yeah, you keep going with this, you'll wake up in a field with a small animal. >> how does it feel now? >> feels good, feels dry. >> williams was battling depression according to his publicists last night in a statement but something he denied in an interview in 2006. >> so no clinical depression. >> no clinical depression, no. i'm -- i get bummed like i think a lot of us do at certain times. you look at the world and go whoa and other moments you look and go oh, things are okay. >> in 2010, williams gave an

interview where he spoke openly about his struggles not only with addiction but with thoughts of ending his life. >> when i was drinking, there was one time for a moment where i thought [ bleep ] life. i went like -- [ laughter ] then my conscious went did you say [ bleep ] life. let's stop with the suicide here. let's leave that over there in the discussion area. we'll talk about that. first of all, you don't have the balls to do it. have you thought about buying a gun? no. what were you going to do, cut your wrist with a water pick? maybe. >> williams checked himself into another rehab center just last month. sadly from the depression to addiction, there is certainly a lot to talk about, especially since so many people struggle daily with one or both of the diseases. here to help us are chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. when someone commits suicide, i think a lot of people start

searching for the one reason, one event that may have pushed them to take their own life but typically, it's not that simple, is it? >> no, it's not that simple. i'll preference by saying look, i don't know there is ever going to be an answer when you hear these stories, that's satisfactory, makes this make sense in someway and keep in mind as we talked about a lot, when you talk about depression, something robin williams was very candid about in terms of his own disease, it's a disease. it's a brain disease. if you think of it like other physical diseases of the body, diabetes, heart disease, your approach is different. it's a disease to measure changes in the brain in ways we couldn't before. there is a sense that when you talk about why someone with depression who could be adequately treated, who could go through flows where things look bleak and get better, why they resort to suicide. it's really unclear but unlikely

to be some sort of discreet event and more likely to be the accumulation of various stressors in one's life they feel they can't get from behind. they feel overwhelmed and helpless and hopeless and don't see light at the end of the tunnel but it's usually a combination of those things, wolf. >> sanjay, some people say the same traits that may have made him a great comedian could contribute to the suffering from depression. do you think that's right? >> i do. i find this area of nuro science to be fascinating. some of the same traits that make someone a genius, a genius in the sense they connect things that other people simply don't see is part of what makes them, the comedy part, they are drawing connections that are humorous. it's fascinate whag is happcini happening in the brain. what can happen, though, sometimes, those connections can

feel very flimsy and at some point, if someone starts to feel the connections aren't there anymore, they are not feeling them, that can be quite jarring and that seems to be a connection between a creative mind and depress sieve mind. >> amazing what is going on that we really don't even appreciate that much. sanjay, thanks very much. >> you got it, wolf, any time. one additional note, if you would like to know more about living with and treating depression, we have links to very good resources up on the impact your world web page. let's go to the address on your screen. up next, robin williams, a comic's comic. a look at his memorable appearance on late-night talk shows and i'll speak with one of his friends, the producer of "comic relief." [ male announcer ] ours was the first modern airliner,

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robin williams was very much what you would call a comic's comic. he was a friend and inspiration to so many. conan o'brien had this to say after just finding out that williams had died. >> we got some news during the show that robin williams has passed away, and by the time we aired -- we taped the shows a few hours early and by the time you see this now on tv, i'm sure

that you'll know. i am sorry to anyone in our studio audience that i'm breaking this news. this is absolutely shocking and horrifying. >> you're going to hear the audience gasping when they heard the news. such a shock. robin williams was such a fixture. he had so many memorable appearances throughout his career and the iconic host of late-night television among his fans. >> you know, in this business there are comedians, comics and once in a while, rarely somebody rises above and supersedes that and becomes a comic persona. i never am amazed at the verse silty and wonderful work robin williams does. >> here is robin williams. ♪ ♪ [ cheers ] ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> they play uaustraliaen rules football which is like football in a thong. you bury your head in another man's butt saying where is the ball? >> that's what they told you? >> yeah. they said it was a game. [ laughter ] >> look at this thing, look, flipper. [ laughter ] >> right now there is a man saying, what are you doing? sg >> your mother, your mom is in an exercise video. is that true? >> it is. >> i'm sorry. >> how did this come about? >> i guess she didn't take the check i gave her and -- [ laughter ] >> mama, please.

here is all the residuals of "mork and mindy." please. >> this is a morkimpersonator. >> when we went to the first taping of this new show, "mork and mindy" that went on to be the hugest hit. >> i love this show. [ laughter ] >> nice to be on your show, dave. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i love these people. i love this show! >> easy. >> i have a reservation for 8:00. i figured out how to do george bush, you take john wayne and you tighten up his [ bleep ]. >> my favorite heckle was a guy

in an english club and there was a blind guy sitting in the back of the audience and all of a sudden he went, get off. he said is he gone? [ laughter ] >> i am so happy to be doing comedy tonight. [ laughter ] >> two jews walk into a bar. [ laughter ] >> yeah! [ applause ] yeah! >> give it up, people. get up, people. get up. [ applause ] [ cheers ] >> take it in, honey. take it in. [ laughter ] >> comic genius, indeed. back in the 1980s, the "comic

relief" was hosted by robin williams, billy crystal, whoopee goldberg. the sheer comic gene juiceoous man incredible. to go along, he had a huge heart. he wanted to help a lot of people in need and you say he was the one who insisted the funds you raise go to help the homeless. what was it that drew him to that cause? >> you know, robin came from a well to do family. he was brought up with a silver spoon in his mouth and i think he always felt he was given so much and there were so many people out there that didn't have hardly anything. when we started comic relief with robin and billy and myself and chris 28 years ago, we had to decide on where would the funds go and robin, the issue of homelessness really made a lot of sense to robin, to a lot of

the other comedians. before a comedian or actor hits, they are pretty much down and out. you can't really go take any real kind of a job and we heard stories of jim carry lived with his family for about six months in their station wagon with his mother and father. michael keeton lived behind a comedy store. that struck a nerve with robin of course, whoopee and billy, also. >> he and whoopee and billy, i understand that their passion for this cause didn't simply end on the stage, right? >> no, exactly. of course, they would rehearse sometimes all week before we would do the show live on hbo and sometimes the shows were three and a half, five hours long but behind the scenes they would go and visit homeless projects sites and that was amazing and a lot of time without cameras and show up. the first time we took robin

down to a center down in downtown la and it was a really scary kind of skid row facility. he got out there. the first time he couldn't put words together, if you can believe such a thing. he looked at the homeless people and he was so moved, he couldn't joke. afterwards we went back to the directors office, they said robin, these people are waiting for you to do something funny. he said really? i didn't want to insult someone. he went back out and did 20 minutes and killed. everyone was on the ground. we raised over $70 million because of robin, whoopee and billy. >> that's amazing. great work. you knew him for 30 years. give us a few special memories you will always keep. >> well, you know, this is what is so strange. we're trying to make sense and put the pieces of puzzle together. it really goes back to what the doctor was saying before, there is something about the creative

person, especially the american comedian. that is an art form all to itself. you're out there by yourselves, it's just you, it's your ego, you know, you're dealing with that audience and robin was known for his high energy and he always delivered high energy and i wondering if part of what happened to him, you had what they talk about, the open heart surgery and there was something -- i've known robin for over 35 years before he was a star. i used to be andy kaufman's writer and he was a huge andy kaufman fan and he would come to the shows. after 35 years and i would sit down and meet with him about issues of homelessness and what not and i must tell you this, i could not say this about anybody else i ever met in my life. if you were in a room with robin one on one, he was so uncomfortable, it was almost

like being with a stranger in an elevator. and he just -- and even though you knew him that long, there had to be two or more people in the room and then he snapped -- then you were an audience. and without that audience, that's why -- this is shocking to me but at the same time, i always sense there was something he was never revealing about himself. he had this dark side that he just kind of kept to himself, and i think also getting older, it's such an energy job. it's like a race car driver. you cannot be driving a race car when you're 64, 65 years old and i think it just all came together at the wrong time, the audience wasn't there. it was the middle of the night, and those dark thoughts started and he couldn't put an end to it. >> i know he shared some struggles with you, particularly the addiction problem but you really had no idea he was in

such trouble, did you? >> this is why. yes. he talked to many people, you know, look at the clips you're showing. he was talking about addiction and he was talking about depression and he was talking about alcohol but he's making light at it at the same time. so you think, well, okay, robin has some problems with this stuff but it can't be that serious. he's joking about it. it was serious and he was good of covering what he was going through. if anybody gets anything out of this out there with this robin williams situation, if you're feeling bad and you have any thoughts like this, you have to talk to somebody. >> you need help, obviously, and despite the stigma of depression or addiction, you need to go out there and it's an illness. you got to treat it. >> it is. >> thanks so much for sharing thoughts with all of our viewers. just ahead, we'll speak with one of robin williams' first co-stars, morgan fairchild will join us. that's coming up tonight.

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more tributes tonight to robin williams including collaborators on "goodwill hunting." robin brought so much joy to my life and i'll carry it forever. he was such a beautiful man. i was lucky to know him and i'll never ever forget him. i truly hope the people of the media can find it within themselves to give his family some privacy during this horrible time. this from ben afflick. robin had a ton of love in him. he did so much for so many people. he did so much for so many people. he made matt and my dreams come true. what do you oh a guy who does that? everything. may find peace, my friend. he will be missed by so many. people of president clinton's

generation were very lucky. we got a chance to see the entire sweep of his talent starting with mork from ork. >> since we're both friend of mindy's, why can't we be friends together? >> that's a wonderful idea. we should be friends, close friends. as a matter of fact, i think we should celebrate by going out tonight. >> okay. >> you want to pick me up? >> if you insist. [ laughter ] >> is that what you do on a date? >> whatever turns you on. >> that did. [ laughter ] >> joining us now, the first temptation of mork, herself morgan fairchild. morgan, thanks very much for joining us. you worked with robin williams very early in his career, in fact, you signed on for your role on "mork and mindy" before anyone knew about the show. what drew you to him? >> well, when i first got to la,

one of myer early job was on "happy days." so one day i was going over there and henry came and said do you got to go anywhere? i said no. he said stay and watch the guest star, he's amazing. i stayed the whole afternoon to watch this mork thing and just to tell this guy that he was a genius. i just had to stay and tell him that as one actor to another and a few months go by and i get a call from the agent, good news, you got mtv movie. bad news. what's the bad news? gary marshall has a new show and nobody knows anything about it and it's under wraps. we don't think you should do it. blah, blah, blah. what is it? that i had say "mork and mindy." i said that's robin williams show. he said who is robin williams. i would work for free to work with robin williams. i took it against everybody's advice and it was one of the

most fun, creative processes in my whole life. it was a thrill to walk on the set with him. the first time i was going to shoot the show, it was not on the air. i went over to watch them tape the show before mine. i could see robin over there with his buddies with everything pierced and purple hair and everything looking at me like oh, ms. white bread america. so the next day, we got up and started blocking and i realized quickly that robin would go off on tangents and everybody would let him go because he was brilliant. he would throw something out and i would throw something back. so we were pretty soon going like this and he threw me in the air. so it was just always a joy to do that, but i remember him sitting on our living room floor, my sister had gone to

school the class ahead of him, sitting on the living room floor before the show and said robin, when this hits, this is going to explode and be huge and you have to watch out for a lot of things. he said no, nobody is going to like this. nobody is going to care. i said no, you're wrong. >> a lot of people, morgan, have said when he was with a group, two, three, four, five people he was different than he was with someone just one on one. did you experience that? >> oh, definitely. he was like that. if there were two people in the room, he had to perform. if you were just one on one, he would be much calmer and just really talk. he didn't feel that need to perform. if there were two people in the room, it was very different. but as mork got more and more successful, you know, he was getting pulled in so many different directions. one day he had a green parrot and he had not been going home and i guess the parrot had gotten mad at him so one day he

keep si decided to bring the parrot to work. it would dive from the raft tors not at us but at robin. one day jonathan was a big idle and one day gary marshall and guys had gotten jonathan winters to come to the set and he was hiding in robin's dressing room and we're trying to get robin to go to the dressing room and he's late and busy and doing all of his antics and wouldn't. so finally jonathan winters falls asleep in the close set waiting to jump out and surprise him in the dressing room. i was so thrilled later they got to work together because two creative minds like you just don't see. >> morgan fairchild, thanks for sharing some memories with our viewers, thanks very much for joining us. amazing memories, indeed. a lot happening in the world, just ahead, fresh outrage in the town royaling after the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager. why police changed their mind about releasing the name of the

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in missouri a broken promise is stoking outrage. police officials say they will not identify the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown. the police chief vowed to release the name. anger over the killing of the unarmed teenager sparked violent protest. in a statement today, president obama said and i'm quoting, the death of michael brown is heart breaking and michelle and i send condolences to his family and community at the difficult time. the events of the past few days prompted passion but i urge everyone in ferguson, missouri and across the country to remember this young man through reflection and understanding. it's the same plea michael brown's family has been making as they grieve. jason carroll is joining us now with more on the very latest.

jason, another night coming up there in ferguson outside of st. louis. are more protests expected? >> well, we can never be quite sure, wolf. last night, for example, protests turned violent, at least at one point police had to use tear gas and bean bag rounds to disburse the crowd. police are ready for that again tonight. they are hoping it will not be necessary. as you know, the family has come forward asking for peace again and so far, so far at least tonight the community seems to be hearing what the family is saying. >> at that press conference that the family had, they spoke out passiona passionately. give us a little more of what they want to happen now. >> a couple things, you said at the top, the family at this point wants a couple things, more transparency. they want the investigation to be open. they want to know how it's proceeding along. second, they want to see the

release of the name of the officer involved in the shooting. the police chief did say the name was going to be released today. that's what he told us. they changed their minds and said they were fearing for the officer's safety. at some point the officer's name will be released. it just will not be at this point. wolf? >> jason carroll, thanks very much. witness accounts are directly at odds with what they are saying. they said michael brown attacked the officer and tried to take the gun. an eyewitness was feet away when his friend was shot. i spoke with his friend and the attorney freeman bosley jr. first of all, i'm so sorry for the loss of your friend and we appreciate your talking with us tonight. i want you to talk us through what happened on saturday. you were walking down the street. what happened next? >> as we're walking down the street, the squad car vehicle

approaches us. we're on the side of the vehicle and the officer says get the [ bleep ] out of the street verbatim was his words, and at that moment, i told the officer, my friend big mike didn't speak. i told my officer that we was not but a minute away from my destination and that we would be out of the street and at that time, me and my friend big mike started to walk again and the officer, he seemed like he was driving off, but in a second, he put the car in reverse and he reversed very rapidly at a fast pace and he slanted the car to the a manner that it almost hit me and my friend big mike so we had to step back. we were now front center with the officer inside the vehicle, but we were so close, almost inches away that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricochetted both off me and big mike's body and closed back on the officer. at that time, he reached out the

window with his left arm, he grabbed on to my friend big mike's throat and is trying to pull him in the vehicle, and my friend big mike very angry is trying to pull away from the officer, and the officer now is struggling with trying to hold a grip on my friend big mike as he's trying to pull away, and as in a minute i heard i'll shoot. i'm about to shoot. and i'm standing so close to big mike and the officer, i look in his window and i see that he has his gunpointed at both of us, and when he fired his weapon, i moved seconds before he pulled the trigger. i saw the fire come out the barrel and i instinctually knew it was a gun. i looked at my friend big mike and saw he was struck in the chest or upper region because i seen blood spatter down his side. and at that time we both took

off running. it was almost two or three minutes, we were running and i was able to hide myself behind the first vehicle up on the scene, and the officer then got out his car, my friend big mike was still running, he ran past me and saw me in plain sight. he said to me verbatim that he said keep running, bro, and he kept running and i was so scared and fear for my life that my body was in shock. i couldn't move. i couldn't think at that time. and almost in an instant, my body started rising and i see the officer proceeding after my friend big mike with his gun drawn, and he fired a second shot and that struck my friend big mike and at that time he turned around with his hands up, beginning to tell the officer that he was unarmed and to tell him to stop shooting but at that time, the officers firing several more shots into my friend and he hit the ground and

died. i watched his body until he stopped moving, then i ran, vomit in my mouth, hyperventilati hyperventilating, not knowing what to do. i just ran. >> did michael ever try to get the weapon that the police officer had? >> no, sir, that's incorrect. at no point in time did they struggle over the weapon because the weapon was already drawn on us, so we were more trying to get away out of the angel or aim of the weapon besides going towards the weapon because it was drawn at us already. >> did either you or michael have a weapon yourself? i understand both of you were unarmed. i just want to be precise. >> yes, we were both unarmed, sir. we didn't have a sharp object on us, nothing. i didn't even have pockets on my shorts. we had nothing on us, no. >> did the police interview you at the scene that day? >> no, the police did not interview me at the scene. he -- it's almost like he wasn't paying attention to me anymore. it's like he was in shock

himself, and his vision wasn't on anything but my friend big mike. >> have the police interviewed you since this incident happened? >> no, sir. i have not talked to any law enforce the since the incident. >> but wolf, i do need to say the police department has reached out to us and it's a matter of us scheduling an opportunity to him to get a chance to visit with them. they did reach out to us today. >> and what did they say to you? >> they said they would like for us to set up an opportunity for dorian to come in and be interviewed. our concern is one of the statements that was made earlier is that he didn't see what had happened, that he had run off when in fact, he did not and therefore they had reservations about even wanting to talk to dorian about it when it's clear dorian is the only person that's a true eyewitness to what happened here. >> did you notice what the race was of the officer who shot your

friend? >> yes, he was caucasian, a white male. >> what would you like us to know about your friend? >> he was a gentle giant. he was big. he do for everything. he was loving. i loved everything about this young man. >> dorian johnson, thank you for joining us. i know this is a difficult, very difficult time for you. freeman bosley, thank you, as well. there is more breaking news tonight, sadly the passing of another hollywood great, lauren died at the page of the 89. that's next. for the first time american kids are slated to live a shorter life span than their parents. it's a problem that we can turn around and change. revolution foods is a company we started to provide access to healthy, affordable, kid-inspired, chef-crafted food.

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on a night when we're just beginning miss robin williams, the last star of classic hollywood. lauren bacall as in the big sleep and to have and have not, as in the first lady of the original rat pack. lauren bacall with the voice and presence died according to multiple sources including the twitter account, facebook page, the la times reporting they spoke with an executive of the estate that confirmed the passing. she was 89. more on her remarkable life, michelle turner. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together

and blow. >> with those words in the film "to have and to have not" audience imaginations soared, the express, downturned face and upturned eyes earned her the nickname the look. the 19-year-old struck the pose because she felt insecure. >> i mean, that was what started the look, nerves. >> bacall was more than a legend. she was from hollywood's golden era and the wife of humphrey boga bogart. their love affair was one of tinsel town's greatest romancer. bogart died in 1957 leaving her a widow at 32. for a time she was engaged to frank sinatra. when it fizzled, he leaded to

las vegas and bacall fell in love again and blamed his drinking for their divorce. >> i don't know if he enjoyed it. he was hooked on it. >> bacall was born betty joe persky. her parents were jewish ill grants who divorced she was six. as a lanky teen she modelled to earn extra money taking her mother's maiden name bacall, adding an extra l to make it easier to pronounce. >> he felt that lauren bacall was better sounding than betty bacall. he had a vision of his own. he wanted to mold me. he wanted to control me. >> big screen or small, even her fellow actors viewed her as a legend. >> john houston, charlie chaplain and she just knows or

has been around everyone that has formed what we know of this business. >> reporter: bacall's film co-stars is who is who but on broadway she achieved the most critical acclaim. >> that was my dream to be on stage. >> reporter: she spent nearly 20 years on the stage starring in cactus flower, applause and woman of the year. in her later years, her film career saw a renaissance. she earned the only oscar nomination and still octobactin her 80s. a diva, a film star, a broadway jewel and a classic legend of an era gone by. >> michelle turner reporting for us. joining us on the phone, one very lucky guy, the eternal

writer dick cavot. i know you knew her and interviewed her a number of times. what was she like? >> she wasn't like anything, wolf. she was unique. she was just -- if you were at a party, and she was there, she would usually seek me out or i would seek her out and we would laugh and have such a good time that people wondered what was our relationship. we were great friends. i remember way back in the morning when bobby kennedy was shot, i put together a quick live show and she was one of the people. don't they ever assassinate any right wingers? not long after that george lincoln rockwall was shot but her presence was tangible. she just -- you knew you were with what you might call a cash customer when you were with her. there was no non-sense, no expectation. she wasn't tough but she could

play tough and sound tough. >> she had -- >> her vulnerability always showed through. >> that husky voice was really amazing, so memorable. give us a little flavor of what she meant to so many people who loved her over the years. >> i think to many people, i would love to be her, she. she just was what a lot of young women would like to be, someone that can't be pushed around. someone that can tell you where to head in as they usually say with a colorful vocabulary if she needed to fall back on it. i remember doing my shows and she said call, went with her to africa because it was john houston and bogy and said i don't want to go down there with two drunks without my friend on.

they comforted each other the whole time they were there. she was just an invaluable friend. now, this sounds a little too spooky for creative writing class, but about 36 hours ago, my wife and i in a cab passed the dakota, i looked up to what i know are her windows and thought i wonder how she is and within the short span of time, we found out she isn't. and of course, some idiot will say now, these deaths always come in threes. well, wolf, as you know, anything comes in threes if you wait long enough. >> dick cavett thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. lauren bacall. unfortunately passed away at the age of 89. we'll be right back.

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it's once again been a night to remember, be amazed and touched with the loss of a great, great talent. we remember lauren bacall who died at 89, an amazing actress and as dick just told us, a great friend and we remember robin williams. this is the photo on display at

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