Daughter of Robert Miller Snider and Belva Boering Lucas Snider. Robin was the dearest friend of singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from the time they were in high school. She was the inspiration for Nicks' hit song "Gypsy" and other works.
Robin attended Arcadia High School and graduated in 1966. She married Kim Anderson.
At age 33, Robin was diagnosed with leukemia. She was pregnant, and refused to consider a termination which would have allowed her to be treated more aggressively. After her disease rapidly progressed, her baby boy had to be delivered prematurely at just over six months' gestation. She died two days later. In their deep grief, Stevie and Kim Anderson impulsively married on January 29, 1983, as she felt this would be best for Robin's son, but they separated after only three months, and divorced a year later.
Stevie said:
"It's the only friendship that I've ever had or... well, I'm not going to say ever will have. We just started out together at 15 years old. She kind of walked me through life. And, as I questioned would there be life after Fleetwood Mac, I certainly questioned would there be life after Robin. Then I found that there is life after Robin, except that it's not the same, not near as special. There's a spirit gone, and that's why I'm really dedicated to this leukemia [benefit]. That's why I will do anything I have to do to make as much money to get rid of this disease as I can because I would really never want anyone to experience losing someone as beautiful as her in this horrible way.
She [Robin] taught me how to sing. She taught me how to use my voice. She made very sure before she left this planet that I was all right, that my voice was all right. I don't have problems with my voice now, but I did and it took us years to fix it. Robin was one of those people [who] when she walked in the room everybody looked. She was breathtaking, and that's why it's so wild that she could possibly have died. It just doesn't make any sense at all."
[This quote is from the Arizona Republic, September 18, 1983.]
Robin's memory is preserved through the Robin Anderson Fund at City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA. Her son Matthew married in 2015, and he and his wife have a daughter, whom they named Robin for his mother. They have reunited with Stevie.
Robin attended Arcadia High School and graduated in 1966. She married Kim Anderson.
At age 33, Robin was diagnosed with leukemia. She was pregnant, and refused to consider a termination which would have allowed her to be treated more aggressively. After her disease rapidly progressed, her baby boy had to be delivered prematurely at just over six months' gestation. She died two days later. In their deep grief, Stevie and Kim Anderson impulsively married on January 29, 1983, as she felt this would be best for Robin's son, but they separated after only three months, and divorced a year later.
Stevie said:
"It's the only friendship that I've ever had or... well, I'm not going to say ever will have. We just started out together at 15 years old. She kind of walked me through life. And, as I questioned would there be life after Fleetwood Mac, I certainly questioned would there be life after Robin. Then I found that there is life after Robin, except that it's not the same, not near as special. There's a spirit gone, and that's why I'm really dedicated to this leukemia [benefit]. That's why I will do anything I have to do to make as much money to get rid of this disease as I can because I would really never want anyone to experience losing someone as beautiful as her in this horrible way.
She [Robin] taught me how to sing. She taught me how to use my voice. She made very sure before she left this planet that I was all right, that my voice was all right. I don't have problems with my voice now, but I did and it took us years to fix it. Robin was one of those people [who] when she walked in the room everybody looked. She was breathtaking, and that's why it's so wild that she could possibly have died. It just doesn't make any sense at all."
[This quote is from the Arizona Republic, September 18, 1983.]
Robin's memory is preserved through the Robin Anderson Fund at City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA. Her son Matthew married in 2015, and he and his wife have a daughter, whom they named Robin for his mother. They have reunited with Stevie.
Daughter of Robert Miller Snider and Belva Boering Lucas Snider. Robin was the dearest friend of singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from the time they were in high school. She was the inspiration for Nicks' hit song "Gypsy" and other works.
Robin attended Arcadia High School and graduated in 1966. She married Kim Anderson.
At age 33, Robin was diagnosed with leukemia. She was pregnant, and refused to consider a termination which would have allowed her to be treated more aggressively. After her disease rapidly progressed, her baby boy had to be delivered prematurely at just over six months' gestation. She died two days later. In their deep grief, Stevie and Kim Anderson impulsively married on January 29, 1983, as she felt this would be best for Robin's son, but they separated after only three months, and divorced a year later.
Stevie said:
"It's the only friendship that I've ever had or... well, I'm not going to say ever will have. We just started out together at 15 years old. She kind of walked me through life. And, as I questioned would there be life after Fleetwood Mac, I certainly questioned would there be life after Robin. Then I found that there is life after Robin, except that it's not the same, not near as special. There's a spirit gone, and that's why I'm really dedicated to this leukemia [benefit]. That's why I will do anything I have to do to make as much money to get rid of this disease as I can because I would really never want anyone to experience losing someone as beautiful as her in this horrible way.
She [Robin] taught me how to sing. She taught me how to use my voice. She made very sure before she left this planet that I was all right, that my voice was all right. I don't have problems with my voice now, but I did and it took us years to fix it. Robin was one of those people [who] when she walked in the room everybody looked. She was breathtaking, and that's why it's so wild that she could possibly have died. It just doesn't make any sense at all."
[This quote is from the Arizona Republic, September 18, 1983.]
Robin's memory is preserved through the Robin Anderson Fund at City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA. Her son Matthew married in 2015, and he and his wife have a daughter, whom they named Robin for his mother. They have reunited with Stevie.
Robin attended Arcadia High School and graduated in 1966. She married Kim Anderson.
At age 33, Robin was diagnosed with leukemia. She was pregnant, and refused to consider a termination which would have allowed her to be treated more aggressively. After her disease rapidly progressed, her baby boy had to be delivered prematurely at just over six months' gestation. She died two days later. In their deep grief, Stevie and Kim Anderson impulsively married on January 29, 1983, as she felt this would be best for Robin's son, but they separated after only three months, and divorced a year later.
Stevie said:
"It's the only friendship that I've ever had or... well, I'm not going to say ever will have. We just started out together at 15 years old. She kind of walked me through life. And, as I questioned would there be life after Fleetwood Mac, I certainly questioned would there be life after Robin. Then I found that there is life after Robin, except that it's not the same, not near as special. There's a spirit gone, and that's why I'm really dedicated to this leukemia [benefit]. That's why I will do anything I have to do to make as much money to get rid of this disease as I can because I would really never want anyone to experience losing someone as beautiful as her in this horrible way.
She [Robin] taught me how to sing. She taught me how to use my voice. She made very sure before she left this planet that I was all right, that my voice was all right. I don't have problems with my voice now, but I did and it took us years to fix it. Robin was one of those people [who] when she walked in the room everybody looked. She was breathtaking, and that's why it's so wild that she could possibly have died. It just doesn't make any sense at all."
[This quote is from the Arizona Republic, September 18, 1983.]
Robin's memory is preserved through the Robin Anderson Fund at City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA. Her son Matthew married in 2015, and he and his wife have a daughter, whom they named Robin for his mother. They have reunited with Stevie.
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