piece, but film director mike nichols was just one of a dozen people to win an emmy oscar, grammy, and tony award. playing private eye jim rockford made james garner a tv legend but he also found big screen success in an oscar nomination along the way. before there was "saturday night live," there was your show of shows. ben cesar made live sketch comedy a weekly event. not everyone loved joan rivers and her caustic humor, but many did, and she blazed a trail for female comedians, becoming the first woman to host a late-night talk show. that's before she started the celebrity fashion. one of a kind is a phrase often said, but rarely as fitting as it was for robin williams. graced with a comic mind that worked at lightning speed, he brought laughter to millions but his dramatic talents also moved audiences to tears.