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Look at Robin Williams.

Just to clarify, whilst Robin Williams was known for suffering with depression, it was supposedly an unrelated illness that drove him to suicide.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/lewy-body-dem...

I heard an interview with Bobcat Goldthwait who is a good friend of Robin, and he said that Robin was losing touch with reality at times, probably due to the Lewy Body Dementia.

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