By Leslie Harlib
"
I
t's like being out on a
boat in the ocean far from
land at night and there's
the two of you and you
know there's a sea monster under the
boat. I was watching him disintegrate
before my eyes."
Listen to Susan Schneider Williams talk with
scalpel-sharp focus and compassion about the death
of her world-renowned and beloved husband Robin
Williams in August 2014, and it's like being inside
her heart. The 53-year old Tiburon-based landscape
artist is now an ardent advocate of, fund-raiser and
public speaker for, brain disease research. In
particular, research into finding a cure for Lewy body
dementia, the all-too-common killer of a disease
that destroyed comedian Robin Williams.
"Most people don't realize that next to
Alzheimer's, Lewy body is the second most common
form of dementia. There are 1.4 million people
Talented Artist
and Passionate
Advocate for
Brain Research
Susan Schneider Williams
Brain research activist Susan Schneider Williams stands
before landscape paintings at her Tiburon home.
– Photo by Stuart Lirette
