Robin Williams' son remembers the Academy Award winner on ninth anniversary of his death
wonderwall.comA post shared by Zachary Pym Williams (@zakpym)The "Mork & Mindy" and "Good Will Hunting" actor was found dead in his California home on Aug.
11, 2014. Authorities confirmed he died by suicide, and an autopsy report released months later further revealed what led to the "Dead Poets Society" actor's tragic passing: He had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder "in which Lewy bodies (abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha‑synuclein) build up in areas of the brain that regulate behavior, cognition, and movement," according to the Lewy Body Dementia Association.
The disease — which can't be confirmed with certainty until death — is often misdiagnosed when a person is alive.That's what happened to Robin, according to his widow, third wife Susan Schneider Williams. "A few months before he passed, he was given a Parkinson's [disease] diagnosis," the artist said at the 2022 Life Itself conference. "But that was just the tip of the iceberg." According to CNN, the "Mrs.
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