Editing Robin Williams (section)

===Marriages and children===

[[File:Robin and Marsha Williams (cropped).jpg|thumb|Williams with [[Marsha Garces Williams|Marsha Garces]] at the [[61st Academy Awards]] in 1989]]

Williams married actress Valerie Velardi in 1978, following a live-in relationship with comedian [[Elayne Boosler]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title = Robin Williams, 1951–2014|last = Browne|first = David|author-link = David Browne (journalist)|date = September 11, 2014|magazine = Rolling Stone|pages = 38–47}}</ref> Velardi and Williams met in 1976 while he was working as a bartender at a San Francisco tavern. Their son, Zachary Pym, was born in 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098328,00.html |title=A Comic's Crisis of the Heart |date=February 22, 1988 |magazine=People |first=Brad |last=Darrach |author-link=Brad Darrach |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016070733/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098328,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Velardi and Williams were divorced in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|first1=David|last1=Holahan|access-date=July 28, 2021|title=Robin Williams bio revelations: Infidelity, substance abuse, insecurity over Jim Carrey|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2018/05/07/robin-williams-bio-revelations-infidelity-depression-insecurity/587314002/|website=USA Today|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728192944/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2018/05/07/robin-williams-bio-revelations-infidelity-depression-insecurity/587314002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

While it was reported that Williams began an affair with Zachary's nanny, [[Marsha Garces Williams|Marsha Garces]], in 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mikelbank |first1=Peter |last2=Clehane |first2=Diane |last3=Dagostino |first3=Mark |title=Robin Williams Surprise Split |url=https://people.com/archive/robin-williams-surprise-split-vol-69-no-14/ |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=February 6, 2023 |date=April 14, 2008 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809125723/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20196332,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Velardi stated in the 2018 documentary, ''[[Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind]]'', that the relationship with Garces began after the two had separated.<ref>{{cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |author-link=Mick LaSalle |title=Robin Williams gets his just due in documentary 'Come Inside My Mind' |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Robin-Williams-gets-his-just-due-in-documentary-13063742.php |access-date=October 25, 2018 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 11, 2018 |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064544/https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Robin-Williams-gets-his-just-due-in-documentary-13063742.php |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 30, 1989, Williams married Garces, who was six months pregnant with their first child. They had two children, [[Zelda Williams|Zelda Rae]] (born 1989) and Cody Alan (born 1991). In March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite magazine |last=Hochman |first=David |title=Still Crazy: Years after Mork and Buffy, Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar hope to rope us in with a new sitcom |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |date=September 9, 2013 |pages=16–19 |issn=0039-8543}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/26/DD7AVQHPA.DTL&tsp=1 |title=Robin Williams' wife files for divorce after nearly 19 years |first=Leah |last=Garchik |date=March 27, 2008 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329231846/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2008%2F03%2F26%2FDD7AVQHPA.DTL&tsp=1 |archive-date=March 29, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their divorce was finalized in 2010.<ref name="WashPost"/>

In 2011, Williams married graphic designer Susan Schneider, and they remained married until his death.<ref name="WashPost">{{cite news|last1=Chaney|first1=Jen|title=Robin Williams and Susan Schneider reportedly wed|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/robin-williams-and-susan-schneider-reportedly-wed/2011/10/24/gIQAbweHDM_blog.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 24, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016071656/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/robin-williams-and-susan-schneider-reportedly-wed/2011/10/24/gIQAbweHDM_blog.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/robin-williams-weds-20112410 |title=Robin Williams Weds! |first=Justin |last=Ravitz |date=October 24, 2011 |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] |access-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026174453/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/robin-williams-weds-20112410 |url-status=live }}</ref> They lived at their house in [[Sea Cliff, San Francisco]], California.<ref name=TVGuide/> Williams said, "My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1n41x1|title=Robin Williams. It's time for a convoluted stream of consciousness. Ask Me Anything!|publisher=Reddit|date=September 25, 2013|access-date=August 12, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819073529/http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1n41x1/|url-status=live}}</ref>