Robin Williams' wife Susan Schneider, daughter Zelda share their grief

Robin Williams’ wife Susan Schneider, daughter Zelda share their grief

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Flowers and memorabilia are piled on Robin Williams’ Hollywood Walk of Fame star, a day after the actor was found dead from an apparent suicide. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Sher Ribas Blum, 65, of Tucson lays a flower on Robin Williams’ Hollywood Walk of Fame star, a day after he was found dead from an apparent suicide. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Patrons pass Comedy Club sign remembering Robin Williams on the evening of Aug. 11. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Sylvester Stallone, bottom center, and other stars from the movie “Expendables 3” attend Hollywood premier near Robin Williams’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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People crowd around Robin Williams’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to take pictures even as a Hollywood premier of “Expendables 3” swirled all around them on Monday. The popular comedian was found dead Monday in Tiburon, Calif. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Flowers and memorabilia are piled on Robin Williams’ Hollywood Walk of Fame star, a day after he was found dead from an apparent suicide. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Television media surround Robin Williams’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a day after he was found dead from an apparent suicide. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Tourists walk past a Robin Williams memorial message at the Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and his son A.J. leave flowers at the Boulder, Colo., home where Williams’ TV show “Mork & Mindy” was set. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)

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A photo of Robin Williams as Mork from “Mork & Mindy” is framed by flowers left at the Boulder, Colo., home where the TV series was filmed. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)

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A woman leaves flowers in front of the home of actor and comedian Robin Williams in Tiburon, Calif. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

By Christie D’Zurilla

Aug. 12, 2014 11:02 AM PT

Robin Williams’ wife Susan Schneider and daughter Zelda Williams reacted to the star’s death Monday in reserved fashion.

“This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken,” said Schneider, Williams’ third wife, in a statement obtained Monday by the Associated Press.

She asked for privacy on behalf of the family, adding, “As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin’s death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions.”

Williams and Schneider, a graphic designer, were married nearly three years ago, in October 2011. The two met before he had heart surgery in 2009, and she helped him with his convalescence. She was his third wife.

Daughter Zelda Williams tweeted a quote Monday from “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery in memory of her dad.

“You -- you alone will have the stars as no one else has them ... In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night ... You -- only you -- will have stars that can laugh,” the passage reads.

“I love you. I miss you,” the 25-year-old wrote. “I’ll try to keep looking up. Z.”

Robin Williams’ final social media post, sent July 31, was a birthday wish to Zelda that included a photo of father and daughter together when she was young.

The comedian and actor is also survived by Zachary Williams, his 31-year-old son with first wife Valerie Velardi, and Cody, his 22-year-old son with second wife Marsha Garces, who’s also Zelda’s mom.

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