Robin Williams’ Widow Finally Reveals What Drove Him to Take His Own Life

04 Nov, 2015 by John Brodgian

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I was just thinking last week when I was watching a Robin Williams movie that it’s still sad to see him. And that was before this story broke.

But Williams revealed that her husband, the beloved actor and comedian, had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease as well as Lewy body dementia, a form of dementia that causes a progressive decline in mental abilities, bodily functions, and can cause depression:

“If Robin was lucky, he would’ve had maybe three years left. And they would’ve been hard years. And it’s a good chance he would’ve been locked up.”

His last words to her were, “Goodnight, my love.” It’s still heartbreaking.

John Brodgian

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