Conan O’Brien paid tribute to Robin Williams after learning of his death during Monday’s taping of “Conan.”
NBC’s “The Tonight Show” began taping Monday before news of Williams’ death broke, and CBS’s “The Late Show With David Letterman” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” aired reruns. That left O’Brien to honor Williams, who died at 63 of an apparent suicide.
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“This is unusual and upsetting, but we got some news during the show that Robin Williams has passed away,” O’Brien told his audience, apologizing to anyone hearing the news from him.