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Robin Williams Made an 'Enormous Difference' by Always Hiring Homeless People on His Projects, Says Daughter Zelda

Robin Williams' daughter Zelda Williams shared a story about how her late father gave back at the recent Comic Relief Live event: 'He would actively give them jobs.'

Honorees Zelda Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg attend Comic Relief Live on December 9, 2024 at Jazz at Lincoln Center NYC. During a Senate hearing about the Homelessness Prevention and Revitalization Act of 1990, Williams, who died in 2014 at age 63, spoke and said, "This program has incredible possibilities to deal with keeping people in their homes. The second annual event was also attended by Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, who have been ambassadors for Comic Relief for 40 years and were honored with the inaugural Icon Award for their decades of work with the organization.

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