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Emmy awards show plans Robin Williams tribute

Robin Williams will receive a "meaningful" remembrance at this month's Emmy Awards, it has been revealed.

Williams, 63, was found dead in his home in Tiburon, in California's San Francisco Bay area, on Monday.

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Obama: Robin Williams 'made us laugh and cry'

President Obama paid tribute to Robin Williams as an actor who was "one of a kind", after he was found dead at the age of 63. In a statement, he said:

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien - but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit.

He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most - from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalised on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robin's family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams.

– President Obama

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