US President Obama led tributes to actor Robin Williams on Monday, after the 63-year-old was found dead at his home in the US state of California.
The President called the Hollywood star a "one of a kind".
His comments came after Susan Schneider, the actor's wife, called her husband one of the world’s “most beloved artists and beautiful human beings”.
Police suspect William’s death was a suicide caused by asphyxiation. Marin County Sheriff's Office added that an investigation into William's death is currently underway.
The star, who appeared in hugely popular films including Mrs Doubtfireand Good Morning Vietnam, was last seen alive at his home, where he lived with Schneider, at around 10pm on Sunday.
Williams shot to fame in the late 1970s as an alien in the US TV comedy series Mork And Mindy, but he won his Oscar as the therapist in the drama Good Will Hunting.
"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," Obama said in a statement, ITV News reported
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