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'The hardest role of his life': Widow describes disease that drove Robin Williams to suicide
Susan Schneider Williams wrote at length about her loss and the months when her husband's mind deteriorated because of a disease he didn't know he had.
Mon Oct 03 2016
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Robin Williams suffered from dementia, widow says
The late actor apparently suffered from Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that alters mood, movement and provokes hallucinations.
Wed Nov 04 2015