This is probably a dumb thing to derail your day with, but I'm having a hard time getting over Robin Williams. I wasn't his biggest fan by any stretch, and I didn't think of him often.
But I realize that when I did think of him, he took up a very important bit of real estate in my mind. He could do anything, his roles had equal parts comedy and pathos, and he did it so well that I knew it came from deep down for him. He could go dark and still find the balance. He could smile and laugh at his own folly.
In a way, I guess that I thought he had figured it all out. He figured out how to be successful in this world and inside himself, by being a vessel for the universal expression. In that way, he was a beacon to me and a symbol for my own potential, if I have any.