Robin Williams is gone.

[Little Woodsman]

When a friend of mine informed me of this I was stunned for a minute, then I said "I guess it's just like the old joke."

Turns out my friend had never heard it.
I'm guessing everyone here has, but just in case you haven't...
(please forgive me if the spelling/name is different in the version you are familiar with)

Spoiler: The Paglianni joke

A man goes to see a doctor.

The doctor asks "What seems to be the problem?"

Man replies, "I feel like my life has no meaning. I find no joy in my work, I see suffering and unkindness everywhere. I feel like there's no point in going on."

So the doctor says "Well you're in luck. The great clown Paglianni is in town. Go see his show. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll walk away with a whole new perspective on life!"

And the man bursts in to tears.

The doctor asks "What's wrong?"

And the man replies "Doctor! I AM Paglianni!"

Rest well, Paglianni.

 

[AdagioBoognish]

Fun facts about Aladdin:

During the course of recording the voices, Robin Williams improvised so much they had almost 16 hours of material.

While filming this movie, Robin Williams frequently received calls from Steven Spielberg who at the time was working on Schindler's List (1993). He would put him on speaker phone so he could tell jokes to the cast and crew to cheer them up.

Because Robin Williams ad-libbed so many of his lines, the script was turned down for a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award nomination.

The opening scene with the street merchant was completely unscripted. Robin Williams was brought into the sound stage and was asked to stand behind a table that had several objects on it and a bed sheet covering them all. The animators asked him to lift the sheet, and without looking take an object from the table and describe it in character. Much of the material in that recording session was not appropriate for a Disney film.

 

[MXRom]

Well there's nothing I have to offer that hasn't already been posted. Not sure whether to be sad he's gone or pissed that people are exploiting his death to get a little extra infamy.