Robin Williams was a remarkable humorist, remembered by many for his extraordinary ability to make people smile in any situation.

The talented actor died in 2014, and the details of his death as it turned out, Williams had to deal with severe depression and personal problems shocked millions of his fans around the world.

But the star of this legendary humorist, actor and singer has not faded even today, six years later.

Williams had a rare gift to feel his audience, no matter how diverse at times it was not. Apparently,

it was his communication skills that once allowed him to surprisingly quickly make friends with a gorilla named Koko,

who knew how to communicate using sign language. In a video published in 2014 dedicated to the memory of the actor, Coco’s owners shared footage of their meeting in 2001.

In this video, Williams once again demonstrates his extraordinary ability to cheer up those around him.

By the way, it was she who became the reason for their meeting with Koko. The fact is that Koko, along with her other brothers,

was in the care of an organization called the Gorilla Foundation, whose representatives once contacted the star with an unusual request.

A few months earlier, Koko’s best friend, a gorilla named Michael, had died. After that, the monkey developed severe depression and began to avoid communication.

The background staff decided to try to cheer her up and for this they contacted Robin Williams. The comedian agreed to try himself in this new role for him.

Shortly after meeting the gorilla, Robin spoke about her in an interview with Today:

‘We managed to share something extraordinary with each other laughter. Coco understands English and knows more than a thousand gestures with which she communicates

and shares with people her thoughts and experiences about everyday events, life, love and even death. This meeting was just unforgettable.’

In the video that captures their interaction, you can see how quickly they managed to get along. Koko,

not at all shy, plays with Robin, pulls off his glasses and tries them herself, and even steals his wallet and gets acquainted with its contents.

In 2014, many years after they met, Koko became very upset when she heard about Robin’s death. One of the employees of the Gorilla Foundation said that, upon learning of this,

Koko immediately stood up and fixed her gaze on the ground. And moments later, she made a gesture that

meant ‘cry’ in American Sign Language. An elderly gorilla was shocked by the sad news of the death of her actor friend.

Unfortunately, Koko herself also died in 2018, reaching a very respectable age for a gorilla 46 years.