Lewy Body Dementia: Understanding Robin Williams’s Battle With A Complicated Disease

Robin Williams’s death left three kids, a wife, friends, and millions of fans in the wake of his death wondering why such a brilliant comedian would take his own life. At first, reports said his depression mixed with Parkinson’s disease diagnosis was the root of his suicide. They were wrong — Williams did not have Parkinson’s disease, but instead a much more complicated and unheard of condition that left him battling with hallucinations in the days leading up to his death. It was announced on Tuesday he had Lewy body dementia (LBD), a type of dementia and Parkinson’s disease hybrid.

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