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Robin Williams’ heartwarming message of hope to cancer patient

Robin Williams e-mailed a video message of support to a woman dying of cancer shortly before hanging himself last week, it was reported on Sunday.

Vivian Waller, 21, drew up a “bucket list” after being diagnosed with the disease in January, New Zealand’s Sunday Star Times reported.

Among the life goals the New Zealand woman listed were seeing daughter Sophie turn 1, marrying boyfriend Jack and meeting the Oscar-winning actor.

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Although Waller was too sick to travel to the United States, a friend reached out to Williams, who sent a 20-second video in which he speaks directly to her.

“Hi, Vivian, it’s Robin Williams here saying, ‘Hey, girl, what’s going on there down in New Zealand?’ ” he said, affecting a Kiwi accent.

“Sending all my love to you, Jack and Sophie. Mark this off your bucket list.”

The comic then launches into his trademark frenetic schtick: “I said, Hey, hey, hey. What’s going on? It’s all right, ’sall right, ’sall right. I’m just channeling Matthew McConaughey.

He signed off, “Much love to you, baby!” and blew a kiss.

Waller, who’s battling lung, bowel and liver cancer, is receiving care in an Auckland hospice after several rounds of chemotherapy failed.

Hubby Jack — whom she married in February after publicly raising funds for a wedding and honeymoon — said Vivian was thrilled to get Williams’ message.

But he noted he hadn’t told her about the comic’s suicide at age 63.

“Viv struggles with a lack of energy, and it is quite difficult for her to concentrate,” he told the paper.

“We are just enjoying the time we have together. We take things a day at a time.”

Jack said he decided to release Williams’ video because “we love him. We want to show people how awesome a person he was.”

In addition getting the video, marrying Jack and celebrating her daughter’s birthday, Vivian was able to check off a fourth goal of reaching her own 21st birthday.

She was only unable to fulfill her last wish: to visit the Polynesian island of Rarotonga, renowned for its jungles, beaches and mountains.

Williams’ wife, graphic designer Susan Schneider, said last week he had been battling depression, anxiety and the “early stages of Parkinson’s disease” when he hanged himself with a belt in their waterfront home in Tiburon, Calif.