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Inside Matt Damon’s Push to Pay Tribute to Late Robin Williams With New Boston Statue
Matt Damon is trying to have a statue of his late friend Robin Williams erected in the Boston park where their memorable scene in Good Will Hunting took place.
Get back to the Matt Damon gave a boost to a stalled grassroots movement to erect a bronze statue of his late Good Will Hunting costar Robin Williams near the Boston park bench immortalized in the 1997 film! The bench in question in the city’s Public Garden — the site of Robin’s memorable monologue in which he told Matt, “Your move, Chief” — has already become a makeshift memorial to the Mork & Mindy star, who took his life at age 63 as his mind was ravaged by Lewy body dementia. The beloved funnyman battled alcohol and drug addiction during his tumultuous life — but the accomplished performer still won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Matt’s thoughtful therapist.
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