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    The Lifelong Friendship Of Robin Williams And Christopher Reeve

    Who knew these two had such a close bond?

    The two first met when they were drama students and roommates at Julliard. A friendship was born...

    Before they became famous, they promised each other that whoever made it would take care of the less fortunate one.

    But they both become successful in their careers, and remained close friends throughout...

    After Christopher's accident, Robin continued to stay by his side...

    His approaching operation to reattach his skull to his spine (June 1995) "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. Reeve wrote: "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."

    He even vowed to cover any hospital costs that Reeve's family couldn't cover...

    ...and also became very involved in The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.

    The two remained great friends until Reeve's death in 2004.

    (h/t to this post)