Guitar lesson yesterday and a special report came on. I listened to it. You just stop in your tracks. Certain things surprise you and he had no illnesses that we knew of. A little mention that he had gone back to rehab for fine tuning of his sobriety recently. We knew he battled that forever. We interviewed him several times. Talk about universally beloved. That is what he was. I dont think he had an enemy on earth. And beloved through generations. I remember sitting at the table almost like a wave of people learning about the news. Younger people were talking about aladdin and things like that. I was thinking i loved him in all of his comedic roles like mrs. Doubtfire but something about the dramatic roles. One of my alltime favorites was dead poets society. It made you believe in writing. He was so transformative. I thought he deserved the oscar for that one. He won only one for good will hunting. They are saying that the cause is suspected suicide by asphyxiation. There will be more
With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. A special edition of today. Remembering Robin Williams. Savannahs starting her maternity leave. Here with Natalie Morales, dylan dreyer, and craig melvin. This news was hard to take. A gut punch. In these jobs were so privileged to meet and experience some of the most talented people in the world. You have to put him in that category. Every time he came to this studio it was a force of nature. He was wild and it was as if a switch would flip and he could be calm and quiet and kind. The way he greeted our fans here. Every single one of them has memories of Robin Williams and how great he was with people. There have been an outpouring of tributes this morning. From his home in tiburon where he died to his star on the hollywood walk of fame you saw there. The memorial growing in his honor. His costar on mork and mindy released a statement saying
Passed away yesterday. Only 63. I was in the middle of a guitar lesson yesterday and a special report came on. I listened to it. You just stop in your tracks. Certain things surprise you and he had no illnesses that we knew of. A little mention that he had gone back to rehab for fine tuning of his sobriety recently. We knew he battled that forever. We interviewed him several times. Talk about universally beloved. That is what he was. I dont think he had an enemy on earth. And beloved through generations. I remember sitting at the table almost like a wave of people learning about the news. Younger people were talking about aladdin and things like that. I was thinking i loved him in all of his comedic roles like mrs. Doubtfire but something about the dramatic roles. One of my alltime favorites was dead poets society. It made you believe in writing. He was so transformative. I thought he deserved the oscar for that one. He won only one for good will hunting. They are saying that the cause
Its almost as if hollywood wrote it. So who better to talk than the man behind homeland, howard gordon. And it could be the biggest world cup game yet, team usa versus germany tomorrow. Were going preview it for you. And as always, we want to know what you think about all of this. Make sure you tweet us using the askdon. First i want to give you my take on dr. Conrad murray, as he sits here right in front of me live this evening. Doctor, many people were wondering why we should give you a platform on the anniversary of Michael Jacksons death. Like joe on twitter, why has michaels killer given air time. Thats what she said. Show some respect on our legends anniversary. I believe if we played by those rules, we would never do an interview. And i believe in transparency and having as much information as possible. Dr. Murray agreed to do this interview knowing that no question is off limits, and he has promised to answer each of them candidly and honestly. Correct . Thats correct. Lets mov
Years and had three masters degree, one ph. D. Primarily in engineering. He was mostly a logistics guy. It was not unusual that he should be sent to afghanistan at this time because, as the military draws down, and the training continues for the afghans, part of which general green was responsible. Theres also a lot of logistics involved in just how do we assist the Afghan Military, the Afghan Government in sort of rebuilding and billing up their government infrastructure at the same time . And, of course within in the middle of that in the first combat tour he arrived in january. He was tragically shot dead yesterday. And his wife and son, correct me on the details here, if im wrong. His wife served as well at one point in time and his son is currently in the military . Thats right. As a matter of fact, general green met his wife while they were both serving on active duty in the army. Shes now a retired army colonel. His son is an active Duty Army Officer at fort sill, oklahoma. Were