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Jul 1, 2022 · CNN — After Robin Williams died by suicide in August 2014, his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, would soon learn about a disease she had never heard of, but one that had haunted both of their...
Sep 30, 2016 · Williams was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease a few months before he died; the telltale signs of Lewy body dementia in his brain were not discovered until an autopsy.
Jan 16, 2021 · What Williams never found out was that he had been suffering from the neurological disease Lewy body dementia, a diagnosis that only came to his widow with a post-mortem following his death. Medical professionals said it was one of the worst cases they had ever seen.
Sep 1, 2020 · Awareness of Lewy body dementia has spiked since Robin Williams' death in 2014. But it's a complicated, often misunderstood neurological disorder.
Nov 3, 2015 · Although actor Robin Williams died by suicide, the underlying cause of his death was a rare brain disease called Lewy body dementia, according to his widow.
Sep 1, 2020 · In a new interview with Today, his widow Susan Williams revealed what went on in the years leading up to his death. He faced a degenerative brain disease called Lewy Body dementia, or LBD ...
Sep 1, 2020 · His feelings of depression only intensified years later with the onset of diffuse Lewy body dementia, which went undetected until an autopsy after his suicide at age 63.
