Fil-Am daughter's message to Robin Williams: 'I love you. I miss you. I'll try to keep looking up'

Before his death, actor Robin Williams' final post on his Instagram account was a touching birthday message for his daughter Zelda last August 1.

 

 

 

"#tbt and Happy Birthday to Ms. Zelda Rae Williams! Quarter of a century old today but always my baby girl. Happy Birthday @zeldawilliams Love you!" he wrote on the caption.

 

Hours after he was found dead in an apparent suicide, Zelda took to Instagram herself to send a message to her father.

 

 

 

Zelda is Williams' second child and first with ex-wife Marsha Garces, a Filipino-American. Through the years, Zelda and her brother Cody have remained close to their Filipino kin, according to Williams.

 

Cherished memories

According to reports, Williams' marriage to Garces ended in 2008 after he suffered a relapse after being sober for 20 years.

 

But in happier times, Williams said that he turned sober because of his kids.

 

"I stopped drinking when I had children because I wanted to be awake and aware," he said in a 2006 interview with Filipino journalist Janet Susan Nepales. 

 

"I did not want to be going, you know, daddy loves you and then drop my head on the table. I do not want to miss anything that they do or say. It is important to me."

 

He also talked about how much he cherishes his experiences with his kids.

 

"If I had a choice to erase from my life something, I would leave all the memories of my children... even the memories when they misbehave because it is still extraordinary," he said.

Budding actress

 

In that same interview, Williams opened about the budding acting career of Zelda, who followed his father's footsteps. The two of them worked together in the 2004 film  "House of D" directed by David Duchovny.

 

"She was so good in the movie 'House of D.' She was so instinctual. I was playing a character that was mentally challenged. I am kind of sitting there watching her and at the same time saying, she is good," he said.

 

"She has the same kind of mental quickness but she is also sensitive. The greatest compliment of all was that she was not only a good actress; she was also kind to people. She treated all the other kids well. She ate lunch with everybody. She did not have an attitude with them and was decent with all the crew. People said, 'Your daughter is good but she is also nice.' That is kind of the double bill." — JST, GMA News