Robin Williams 'Disintegrating' Before Suicide
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Robin Williams was "disintegrating" physically and mentally in the months before his death, his widow has revealed.
The actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease three months before he took his life, was showing symptoms including stiffness, slumping gait and confusion, Susan Williams told ABC's Good Morning America.
She said a post-mortem examination found Williams also had Lewy body dementia, which causes a progressive decline in mental abilities.
The star of films such as Good Morning, Vietnam and Dead Poets Society died aged 63 at his home in August 2014.
In her first interview since his death, Mrs Williams said the Oscar-winning actor never talked about taking his own life.
She said Williams was trying to keep it together, but "in the last month he could not. It was like the dam broke".
"If Robin was lucky, he would've had maybe three years left," she told ABC, referring to a doctor's prognosis.
"And they would've been hard years. And it's a good chance he would've been locked up."
Mrs Williams said the actor's chronic depression, which he battled throughout a lifetime struggle with addiction, also returned.
She said Williams had agreed to undergo a battery of neurological tests the week before he committed suicide.
Through tears, Mrs Williams also described racing home after Williams' body was discovered by an assistant.
"I just wanted to see my husband," she said. "And I got to see him ... and I got to pray with him.
"And I got to tell him: 'I forgive you 50 billion per cent, with all my heart'."
The interview took place about a month after Mrs Williams reached a legal settlement with Williams' children over his estate and personal belongings
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