Robin Williams was suffering parkinson’s disease, his wife has revealed.

Robin Williams was suffering Parkinson’s disease, it’s been revealed.

Williams’s wife Susan Schneider released a statement on Thursday saying the actor and comedian, 63, had been diagnosed with the degenerative disorder prior to his suicide on Monday.

“Robin’s sobriety was intact and he was brave as he struggled with his own battles of depression (and) anxiety as well as early stages of Parkinson’s disease, which he was not yet ready to share publicly,”

Schneider

said.

The statement, released by Schneider through Williams’ publicist, also says Williams was sober at the time of his death.

The full statement reads:

Parkinson’s disease is an incurable disorder that gradually affects one’s nervous system and movements. Early symptoms include tremors, loss of smell and trouble sleeping.

Actor Michael J Fox did not go public with the news of his own 1991 Parkinson’s disease diagnosis for seven years, Fairfax reports.

Fox tweeted after hearing the news that he was ‘stunned’.

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