I take the unusual global outpouring of appreciation of Robin Williams as a recognition of the present as the darkest period in the world since WWII. We see him as the single ray of sun through the storm clouds. He wasn't an actor, he wasn't a comedian.. he was a comic person to a global audience. This outpouring comes in the same year and for the same reason that Pharrell Williams song 'Happy' became a global sensation. (My connection to Robin Williams)