Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve shared a special friendship, starting in 1973 when they were students at Juilliard and enduring through Reeve's spinal cord injury in 1995.

Robin Williams (seated, left) joins Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana at the American Paralysis Association dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ...

I was lucky to have Robin and Christopher in my life… To me, those two men were rocks, they were rocks for me. I didn’t see them all the time but they were never far from my soul.

Late comedian and actor Robin Williams was the first person to show up at the hospital to visit his bestie Christopher Reeve after the “Superman” star was paralyzed after falling from a horse.

Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams' friendship brings tears to the Sundance Film Festival during its premiere, especially Glenn Close's heartbreaking comment. Skip to main content.

Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams pose backstage at the People's Choice Awards, March 1979. Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty Images.