Robin Williams' Widow: I Wasn't Allowed To Share A

Robin Williams’ widow has claimed the couple have been instructed to sleep individually by his medical doctors earlier than his dying.

The iconic actor took his personal life in 2014, and was affected by poor psychological well being, insomnia, and Lewy physique dementia – a sort of mind illness that affected his pondering, reminiscence and motion management – previous to his passing.

And his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, has now claimed she wasn’t capable of sleep in the identical mattress as her partner within the months earlier than his dying, as a result of medical doctors had ordered them to sleep individually in an try to assist ease Robin’s insomnia.

Recalling the ”exhausting” resolution to sleep in a unique bed room to Robin, Susan mentioned: ”He mentioned to me, ‘Does this imply we’re separated?’ That was a extremely surprising second. When your finest pal, your companion, your love – you realise that there is a big chasm someplace, and you’ll’t see the place it’s however that is simply not based mostly in actuality. That was a tough second.”

Robin’s battle with Lewy physique dementia is the topic of a brand new documentary titled ‘Robin’s Wish’, as his family members did not discover out about his situation – which is the second-most widespread sort of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s illness – till years after his dying, as a result of he was misdiagnosed by medical doctors.

Susan added: ”Robin and I knew there was a lot extra occurring. Robin was proper when he mentioned to me, ‘I simply need to reboot my mind.’ In that second, I promised him that we might unravel this. I simply did not know that will be after he handed.”

Susan additionally remembered her partner – who was 63 when he died – as a person who was ”versed in a lot about humanity and tradition”, and who simply wished to make folks completely happy.

In an interview for the ‘Today’ present, she mentioned: ”This was a person who was extremely wealthy and deep and versed in a lot about humanity and tradition, and his humour was like this secret weapon. There have been so many occasions when he would see somebody wanted a carry, after which he would simply inject somewhat little bit of humour in simply the suitable strategy to make a distinction.”