HAVE BEEN
REMEMBERING
ROBIN WILLIAMS
THIS WEEK....
OBVIOUSLY,
THERE IS HIS
EXTENSIVE FILM
AND TV WORK;
BUT DID YOU
KNOW HE
PERFORMED AT
SUNY
PLATTSBURGH ?
SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO
ATTENDED THAT
PERFORMANCE
ARE SHARING
THEIR MEMORIES.
WPTZ'S ALISON
CAREY SPOKE
WITH THEM
ABOUT WILLIAMS
VISIT TO THE
LAKE CITY.
SHE JOINS US
LIVE WITH MORE.
ALISON?
GEORGE -- A
WOMAN WHO
CONSIDERS
HERSELF A
FRIEND OF
WILLIAMS SAYS
WHEN SHE FIRST
HEARD THAT
WILLIAMS HAD
TAKEN HIS LIFE ..
SHE DIDN'T
BELIEVE IT. SHE
THOUGHT IT MUST
BE SOME SORT
OF MOVIE HE WAS
PREPARING FOR
THAT HAD
GOTTEN
MISCONTRUED.
OF WILLIAMS
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at this point in my
life, i'm just so
grateful to have
crossed paths with
this amazing soul.
BETH NOLLAND
LEFT THE NORTH
COUNTRY FOR
LOS ANGELES
THIRTY FIVE
YEARS AGO TO
STUDY ACTING.
WHILE IN L-A,
NOLLAND
WAITRESSED AT
THE IMPROV -- A
COMEDY CLUB.
THAT'S WHERE
SHE MET ROBIN
WILLIAMS.
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BETH NOLLAND
OF WILLIAMS
it was kind of this
little family that was
going on there and i
knew him certainly
well enough to call
him a friend.
IN 1986 -- nolland
saw her friend
again... But this time
when she was
visiting her
hometown...
WILLIAMS
PERFORMED AT
THE SUNY
PLATTSBURGH
FIELDHOUSE -
FOR A CROWD OF
OVER 3,000 -- HE
MADE SURE
NOLLAND AND
HER BROTHER
HAD FRONT ROW
SEATS.
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BETH NOLLAND
OF WILLIAMS
i came up i walked
up the front and i
was wearing a red
and black
checkered shirt.
Very north country.
SCHOOL
RECOREDS SHOW
some of the
conditions
surrounding williams
performance; no
video or stills were
to be taken of his
show. His contract
demanded that he
be provided dry
white wine and a
deli tray ... Then
there was his salary
-- -- WILLIAMS
WAS PAID 25
GRAND FOR HIS
APPEARANCE --
WHICH WAS
MORE THAN FIVE
TIMES WHAT
SOME OTHER BIG
NAMES RECEIVED
FOR
PERFORMANCES
DURING THAT
TIME. The visit was
actually a source of
some controversy...
Some were appalled
at williams price tag,
other students said
they would have
preferred a musical
act.
TIM HARTNETT
PLATTSBURGH
LIBRARY
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there was a great
deal of attention
focused on his visit.
The fact that is was
just this one
performer rather
than a whole band
or group of bands. It
really made the
focus even more
singular.
hartnett was at the
SUNY show, and
now works at the
library on campus.
As for nolland -- she
remembers what
robin williams was
like, off stage --
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BETH NOLLAND
OF WILLIAMS
brilliant, amazing
soul. I want to say
talented human
being but he was
beyond that.
ALSO IN WILLIAMS
CONTRACT -- A
DEMAND THAT
THE OPERATORS
OF THE VENUE
PROVIDE HIM A
BOX OF HATS AND
TOYS. THOSE
ITEMS WERE
SUPPOSED TO
HELP INSPIRE THE
COMEDIAN'S
PERFORMANCE.
AC WPTZ NC5
A 3-YEAR-OLD
