Billy Crystal will pay tribute to Robin Williams at the Emmy Awards
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Actor Billy Crystal will reportedly honor Robin Williams at the upcoming Emmy Awards, which will air on Aug. 25.
In addition to starring in such films as 鈥淕ood Morning, Vietnam,鈥 鈥淕ood Will Hunting,鈥 and 鈥淎laddin,鈥 Williams, who died on Aug. 11, appeared in such TV shows as 鈥淢ork & Mindy鈥 and 鈥淭he Crazy Ones.鈥澛
According to the , Emmy Awards executive producer Don Mischer said Crystal would pay tribute to Williams during the 鈥渋n memoriam鈥 part of the show, where various members of the TV business who died within the last year are shown. Mischer said singer Sara Bareilles will perform during the 鈥渋n memoriam鈥 section of the awards ceremony.
Crystal and Williams appeared in the 1997 movie 鈥淔ather鈥檚 Day鈥 together and, according to the , the two were friends for many years. Following Williams鈥 death on Aug. 12, Crystal tweeted,
Williams also starred in such films as the 1982 movie 鈥淭he World According to Garp,鈥 1989鈥檚 鈥淒ead Poets Society,鈥 and the 1991 film 鈥淗ook,鈥 among many others. There are still several movies in which he appears that have not hit theaters yet, including the newest installment in the 鈥淣ight at the Museum鈥 series, December鈥檚 鈥淣ight at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,鈥 and the comedy 鈥淎bsolutely Anything,鈥 which is directed by Monty Python member Terry Jones. 鈥淎nything鈥 star Simon Pegg recently said that he was 鈥渘ot sure Robin had completed doing his voice in the movie,鈥 according to the , but producers Ben Timlett and Bill Jones said in a statement that 鈥渨e are able to confirm that Robin Williams completed his voice recording for the role of Dennis.鈥
Crystal recently appeared in the 2013 animated film 鈥淢onsters University鈥 and the 2012 comedy 鈥淧arental Guidance,鈥 among other work. He is starring with 鈥淔rozen鈥 actor Josh Gad on the upcoming TV series 鈥淭he Comedians,鈥 which will air on FX in 2015, according to the .