Episode 86: Robin Williams / Lewy Body Dementia

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Today, Ali and Asif discuss the career of the legendary actor and comedian Robin Williams. The guys start off by discussing their early exposure to Robin Williams including ‘Popeye’, ‘Mork and Mindy’ Robin’s early HBO specials (including Comic Relief). They then discuss some interesting facts about Robin’s early life. They go over some interesting trivia about Robin, his pivotal movies and his legacy in stand-up comedy. Then Ali asks Asif about Dementia with Lewy Bodies, which Robin suffered from. Asif starts off by defining what Lewy Bodies are and their connection to dementia and Parkinson’s disease. They then discuss the symptoms Robin suffered from and how these symptoms (retrospectively) fit completely the criteria for Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

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Show Notes:

• Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind: https://www.hbo.com/movies/robin-williams-come-inside-my-mind
• Knowing: Robin Williams: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/knowing-robin-williams/id1482972205
• Robin's Wish review – sad salute to a master comedian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/30/robins-wish-review-robin-williams
• Robin Williams's widow: 'There were so many misunderstandings about what had happened to him: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/01/robin-williamss-widow-there-were-so-many-misunderstandings-about-what-had-happened-to-him
• The terrorist inside my husband’s brain: https://n.neurology.org/content/neurology/87/13/1308.full.pdf
• Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: https://n.neurology.org/content/89/1/88
• Dementia with Lewy bodies: an update and outlook: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341685/
• Lewy body disease or diseases with Lewy bodies? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-021-00273-9