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There was no punchline being delivered to a theater crowd, no carefully arranged scene meant to manufacture emotion. It was just Robin Williams, famous for making the world laugh, walking into a sanctuary in California to meet a gorilla who had been carrying visible grief.
Koko, the gentle western lowland gorilla known around the world for her connection with humans, had been mourning the loss of her companion, Michael. According to the people who cared for her, the sadness had settled over her for months. The energy around her had changed. The playful spark they knew so well seemed far away.
