SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Commission has decided to have a meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park named after late US comedian and actor Robin Williams, China’s Xinhua news agency reported according to the local media report on Friday. San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Commission has decided to have a meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park named after late US comedian and actor Robin Williams, China’s Xinhua news agency reported according to the local media report on Friday. The free event, which began in 1981 at Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse, has since been moved to the meadow next to the Sharon Building in the park. More than half a million people have attended the event for over 37 years, local media said. Williams, who has been known for his high-energy oddball standup routines and various roles in TV shows and movies, committed suicide in August 2014 at the age of 63.

Source: New Strait Times December 23, 2017 03:22 UTC