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Whoopi Goldberg Remembers Friends Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve

Whoopi Goldberg said she was ‘lucky’ to be friends with late actors Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve and said she found them inspiring

Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, and Christopher Reeve.Getty Images (3)Reeve’s adult children Matthew, Alexandra and Will joined Goldberg, 68, and her cohosts on the Thursday, September 19, episode of The View to promote a new documentary about the Superman star’s life before and after a 1995 horse-riding accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. The strikingly handsome, larger-than-life actor believed he was simply doing work that needed to be done, living with purpose and passion, both before and after a horrific equestrian accident left him paralyzed. Williams died by suicide in August 2014 after years of battling depression and anxiety and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

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