Robin Williams Hailed as a Genius on 'Good Morning America' & 'Today' in Touching Tributes (Video)

Robin Williams‘ death has shocked the world and this morning, Good Morning America and the Today show invited special guests to celebrate his life.

The Today show brought on James Lipton, host of Inside the Actor’s Studio on the show to discuss Robin. Robin was voted the best guest of all time on the famous show.

“His gift…was genius. Genius’ can do things we have to learn to do…You can teach craft, you can teach technique. You can’t teach genius. He had genius,” James said. James and host Matt Lauer reminisced on the life of Robin and you can watch a clip below.

On Good Morning America, hosts welcomed former People editor Larry Hackett. “We talk about genius a lot in this business,” Larry said, “and when someone dies, everyone calls them beloved. This man truly, truly was.”