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Reporter tonight, Susan Williams is sharing for the first time the private pain she has endured since losing her beloved husband Robin Williams who took his own life last year. Now susan is ready to set the record straight about yet another illness, beyond the depression and the parkinsons he was diagnosed with, a Mysterious Illness that was also eating away at her famous husbands brilliant comedic mind. Most people think your husband killed himself because he was depressed. No. Lewy body dementia killed robin. End of story. Its a body disorder that attacks the brain. The only way to diagnose it absolutely is in autopsy. The lewy body dementia, its so rapid, so fast, there is no cure. Its really just about managing it. If robin was lucky he would have had maybe three years left. And they would have been hard years, and its a good chance he would have been locked up. Reporter his unexpected death came all too soon for his family and his millions of adoring fans. He was known for his quicksilver wit in mrs. Doubtfire. Im a hip old granfy who can hiphop, bebop, dance to you drop. Reporter but also for his quiet gravitas like in good will hunting. You dont know about real loss because that only occurs when you love something more than yourself. Reporter but to his wife susan, he was much more than just a comedian, he was her best friend. How would you describe robin the husband . Just a dream. The best love i ever dreamed of. Reporter robin and susan had a sevenyear relationship, a happy and very private threeyear marriage. How did you first meet . We actually several times have said thank you steve jobs because we met at the apple store. It was this immediate sense of comfort and a knowing of each other. When we think of Robin Williams, this larger than life, bighearted guy, funny, as funny as funny gets. Fussy, fussy, fussy. Its funny because i would hear that from people a lot. How do you manage . Is he always like that . Thats his job. Reporter on august 11 last year life took a drastic turn. Susan left for work that morning thinking her husband was still asleep. Rebecca, his assistant was over. I said call me when hes up. She sent me a text and said hes not up yet. What should i do . I said, in that moment i knew there was something horribly wrong. And then she called she called me back. What did she say . I cant i cant even im sorry. That 20minute car ride. I just screamed the whole way, robin. Did you get to see him . Yes. I got to pray with him and i got to tell him, i forgive you 50 million percent, with all my heart. Youre the bravest man ive ever known. You know, we were living a nightmare. Reporter that nightmare at its worst in the months leading up to his suicide. This 63yearold was secretly battling depression, anxiety, and paranoia which drove him to take his own life. Was he paranoid . Paranoid at the end, yes. We would be out at dinner and if people were looking at him because people couldnt help themselves, he would say, are they giving me the stink eye . No, theyre freaked out because youre Robin Williams. Reporter throughout his life robin had been open about his struggles with addiction and depression. Both in standup as a alcoholic you will violate your standards as quickly as you can lower them. Reporter and in candid interviews like this one with diane sawyer in 2006. You look down, its a voice, quiet voice that goes, jump. Its the same voice, the same voice goes, just one. Voice that goes, jump. And the idea of just one. Reporter susan says by the time robin passed he had been sober for eight years. But what no one knew was that while robin was still alive he was suffering from that debilitating brain disorder lewy body dementia. Lewy body dementia is a complex disorder with many different presentations. I think the key thing about understanding it is that it can present with cognitive symptoms, with motor symptoms, with neuropsych trick symptoms. So it can react in many different ways. Reporter lewy body dementia affects millions of americans, protein deposits, or lewy bodies, affect chemicals in the brain causing it to slowly deteriorate. Symptoms can include hallucination, confusion, memory loss, trouble sleeping, anxiety, and depression. When did you first notice that something wasnt quite right . In november of 2013 he had a little gut pain. We never found out what it was. Then it went to, next month, it was another symptom. It just kept going through these different symptoms, constipation, urinary problems. Sleeplessness was prevalent, huge throughout. They got worse and worse. I could see something was very wrong. We were supposed to go to some friends and at the last minute we had to back out because robin was laying he was laying in bed and he said to me, he said, theres something really wrong with me. I said, i know, honey. I know there is. And were going get to the bottom of this, i swear. Were going to figure this out. And inside my mind for the first time i started to wonder, are we . Reporter susan says that robins symptoms continued to get worse and while filming night at the museum he was suffering from debilitating anxiety and paranoia. His fears and insecurities were killing him. His brain was full out attacking him by now. With what i know today he had Chemical Warfare going on inside of his head. Reporter after months of testing some answers finally came in may of that year. Robin was diagnosed with early stages of parkinsons disease. Did he ever do anything during this time where you were afraid for his physical safety . Yes. Yeah. July 24th. I was in the shower. I saw him lingering at the sink for a while. Something didnt seem right. I opened up the door and there was blood. This towel was so soaked with blood. He was just dabbing his head. And i just screamed, robin, what happened . What did you do . He pointed to the door. And i said, did you hit your head . And he nodded. He couldnt verbalize it. And what was so scary in that moment was the lack of affectation on his face about it, that i felt like, my best friend was sinking, you know. My husband was disintegrating before my eyes. Reporter in that last week the doctors were going to check him into a facility for neurocognitive testing. They told you three years left . It could have been anywhere from one to three. Was this robins way of taking control back . In my opinion, oh, yeah. I think he was just saying no. And i dont blame him one bit. I have sent off his last two years of medical reports, coroners report, brain scan, off to four doctors. They all said across the board, this is one of the worst cases weve ever seen of lewy body dementia. And there was nothing more that anyone could have done. And that was comforting to hear. Reporter ask anyone and theyll tell you their favorite Robin Williams character, perhaps genie from aladdin or that energetic professor in dead Poets Society we read around write poetry because were members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion. Reporter but for his wife susan, well, she has her very own. My Favorite Movie of Robin Williams was Robin Williams being a human being, not an actor. Best movie in the world. Reporter for nightline, im amy robach in new york. Next, oh, say, can you see, the price of these acts of patriotism. Our investigation. Plus, its a bird, its a plane, its a parachute . An unlikely rescue in the middle of the road. Sure had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clot. What about my family . My lil buddy . 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Its before almost every its the moment before almost every professional sporting event, like puts a lump in your throat or a theyre in your eye. Men and women of uniform waving the stars and stripes, american patriotism on display, but sometimes that pride comes with a very high price tag. And guess whos paying the bill. Tonight abcs correspondent investigates. Reporter Georgia Army National guard georgia Constance Mack loves to sing and serve her country. She won the military version of American Idol called operation rising star. Specialist Constance Mack. Reporter she often combines both lives, singing the National Anthem in uniform at sporting events like this event at the Atlanta Hawks game. Thats her on the jumbotron. Singing in front of that many people, the rush, my heart beating, its a high for sure. Reporter so imagine her surprise when we told her that another one of her performances was what critics are calling an example of paid patriotism, that she knew nothing about. The atlanta falcons, as part of a larger sponsor agreement with the pentagon, agreed to host a military Appreciation Day on november 23rd, 2014, that included the unfurling of large flags on the field and a National Guard member to sing the National Anthem. Yep, Constance Mack. Patriotic . Yes. But profitable, too, to the tune of 114,500. Knowing that these, you know, joyful, tearful, very, you know, heartfelt moments could be paid for kind of makes you feel like a paid actor. So i guess, yeah, in a sense, it is cheapened. Reporter now through contracts obtained exclusively by abc news we learned just how often these patriotic displays were not donated by the teams but, instead, the pentagon actually paid teams for onfield opportunities starring military men and women to carry that giant flag at this Buffalo Bills game, sing the National Anthem at this Boston Bruins game, or repel down a rope at santa rise to drop the puck at a Minnesota Wild game. These teams do a lot of good work. The problem is when the activities like this is paid for by the taxpayer it cheapens Everything Else they do. Reporter senators jeff flake and john mccain of arizona call it paid patriotism and they have compiled a list of heartwarming onfield acts and from the teams own contracts, the price tags for them. The new york jets charged 10,000 for a soldier to be an honorary captain. The Milwaukee Brewers charged 7500 to throw three ceremonial first pitches. The mavericks charge 5,000 for their cheerleaders to throw National Guard tshirts provided by the National Guard. To charge the taxpayers for it in the name of patriotism is disingenuous at best and, frankly, unacceptable at worse. Reporter the leagues and teams deny they charge for patriotic displays, saying these events were instead free addones to Big Marketing contracts. The Milwaukee Brewers, these were simply placeholder amounts. Major League Baseball commissioner. These emotional ceremonial first pitches that we see, great patriotic acts, some of them were in fact paid for by the pentagon. Is that going to stop . Let me be clear about one thing. The price was discounted on the deal to avoid there being any appearance that those ceremonial acts were paid for. Is what the contract says not correct, sir . What im looking at the contract, it says directly on the contract, arizona air National Guard soldier throwing out ceremonial first pitch at the home game. Part of the contract. Im not saying there are not contracts that contain that language. Im saying, for example, we in fact discounted the deal so we were not receiving payment for those items. I dont think that that explanation holds water. Reporter in fact, contracts obtained by abc news show that some teams charge nothing for acts of patriotism. Major League Baseball says it will review the practice and tell its teams to make it Crystal Clear theyre not being paid for on field patriotism. Has there been any consideration in you say small number of cases of giving the money back . Like i said, were in the process of going through contract by contract. I think that our clubs for the minuscule amount of money involved here is its just not material to their business. And i think that the amount of things that we do free for the military, hundreds and hundreds of fold makes up for whatever small payments are involved in these contracts. Reporter the nfl declined an opportunity to be interviewed but did provide this letter to abc news exclusively. Promising an independent audit to see if their contracts did include money for hero moments. And if they did, the money they say will be refunded. So Constance Mack and her fellow soldiers can be honored for their service out of pure patriotism and not for profit. For nightline, in washington. And next, how a plane plus a parachute resulted in a crisis averted. Abc news nightline brought to you by e trade. To you by e trade. 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