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He said that their hopes as parents are to, \"celebrate the positive elements and his works and films in a way that there can be appreciation and acknowledgment of him both as an entertainer, but also as a family man, and parent and grandfather.\"

The actor revealed that he named his son McLaurin Clement Williams as a tribute to his father last year. McLaurin was the late actor's middle name.

Williams died by suicide on Aug. 11, 2014. He was 63.

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