Out of respect to Robin Williams roughly a year after his untimely passing, I offer this tribute. Mr. Williams’ life and death are rather important to me, for multiple reasons, as we’ll see. First off, here’s a nice video montage tribute, brief and very well done: Robin Williams Tribute | Omeleto. Second, for those who missed it last year, here’s my personal tribute and reaction to Mr, Williams’ death: Robin Williams and Me: The Killer Among Us. Third, important information has arisen over the last year, that may help explain Mr Williams’ passing. There has been an autopsy, and it found Lewy bodies in Mr Williams’ brain. Some in the media have oversimplified this finding, reporting that it means he had Lewy Body dementia. It’s not so simple in reality, as this link helps explain: Robin Williams and Lewy Body Dementia | Lewy Body Dementia Association, In reality, Lewy bodies emerge in the brain in TWO conditions, both Lewy Body Dementia and dementia caused by Parkinson’s Disease. In addition, to say a person actually suffered from either illness requires more than any autopsy findings: it also requires clinical symptoms that may or may not have existed before Mr Williams’ death. Without [...]![]()
