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Widow says "Lewy Body Dementia" drove Williams to suicide

However, his wife Susan has now revealed an autopsy on the Mrs. Doubtfire star also detected signs of Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia, also known as Dementia with Lewy bodies, which can cause hallucinations, motor skills issues, and a fluctuating mental state.

She blames the illness for driving Williams to suicide and reveals it had left him with "maybe three years" to live.

Susan tells Good Morning America, "Lewy Body Dementia killed Robin. It's what took his life... It's chemical warfare in the brain, and we can't find it till someone dies, definitively. There's no cure."

She expands on the issue to People magazine, saying, "I've spent this last year trying to find out what killed Robin. To understand what we were fighting, what we were in the trenches fighting, and one of the doctors said, 'Robin was very aware that he was losing his mind and there was nothing he could do about it.'

"This was a very unique case and I pray to God that it will shed some light on Lewy bodies for the millions of people and their loved ones who are suffering with it. Because we didn't know. He didn't know.

"It was not depression that killed Robin. Depression was one of let's call it 50 symptoms, and it was a small one."

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/11/03...-to-live-widow