Robin Williams Was in Early Stages of Parkinson's Disease [Video]

Clockwise from top left: Robin Williams had been diagnosed with Parkinson's before his death; Stephen Hawking has been living with ALS for 50 years; Lou Gehrig brought ALS, now also know as Lou Gehrig's disease, to the public's attention; and Michael J.

Robin Williams' wife says he was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease at the time of his death — but she says he wanted to keep that battle under…

Clockwise from top left: Robin Williams had been diagnosed with Parkinson's before his death; Stephen Hawking has been living with ALS for 50 years; Lou Gehrig brought ALS, now also know as Lou Gehrig's disease, to the public's attention; and Michael J.

(CNN) — Robin Williams was sober but was struggling with depression, anxiety and the early stages of Parkinson's disease when he died, his widow said Thursday. The diagnosis of the progressive illness was "an additional fear and burden in his life," a 

Robin Williams was quietly struggling with the early stages of Parkinson's disease at the time of his death, according to his wife Susan Schneider. “Robin's sobriety was intact and he was brave as he struggled with his own battles of depression