TIME Robin Williams Magazine (Digital Version)

Robin Williams possessed simply one of the most prolific, chaotic, and genius minds that comedy and entertainment have ever seen. Until, decades and untold success later, that same mind began to betray him. Five years after his death, the editors at TIME bring you the special edition ‘Robin Williams: 1951-2014.’ Take a comprehensive look at “An Extraordinary Life,” with thoughtful essays that reveal the tragicomic complexity of the global star. Consider “The Comic Who Would Be Hamlet” at the moment of his breakthrough and meteoric rise in “Memories of Mork.” Revisit his expansive body of work, from the animated comedy ‘Aladdin’ to the earnest dramas ‘Dead Poets Society’ and ‘Good Will Hunting,’ for which he won an Oscar. Examine the darker side of Williams’s genius in “Darkness Visible,” “A Riotous Career,” and “Loose Cannon.” Hear from the singular talent himself in “Williams on Williams,” and learn from his wife Susan Schneider Williams the heartbreaking details of his progressive dementia in “The Terrorist Inside My Husband’s Brain.” Then come full circle and hear “Tributes to a Comic Genius,” from the colleagues in comedy who knew him best, as they remind us of the brilliance and generosity of one of the greats. Richly illustrated with photos of both his private life and brilliant career as an actor and stand-up comedian, TIME’s ‘Robin Williams: 1951-2014’ is an important guide to every performance of his career, and a powerful look back at the complicated man who from his own darkness gave so much light.