Robin Williams’ son Zak shares funny post on what would have been his father’s 71st birthday

Robin Williams’ son Zak shared a humorous tribute to his father on Thursday, which might have been the actor’s 71st birthday.  

The Good Will Searching actor handed away in 2014 at age 63, by suicide at his residence in Paradise Cay, California. His post-mortem revealed undiagnosed Lewy physique illness.

‘Completely satisfied 71st Birthday Dad! I will be remembering you immediately as you’ll need to be remembered, in spandex. Miss you and love you at all times!’ wrote his son on Instagram as he posted a photograph of the comic on a bicycle.

For dad: Robin Williams’ son Zak shared a humorous tribute to his father on Thursday, which might have been the actor’s 71st birthday. Seen in 2012

Williams was an avid bicyclist who used to journey usually on the winding paths by his residence in Marin County, California.    

Final 12 months Zak stated his dad was ‘annoyed’ together with his well being struggles earlier than he in the end took his life. 

The legendary comic had unknowingly been misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s illness and was truly affected by Lewy physique dementia – the second commonest kind of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s – his household discovered after his dying.   

Hilarious: ‘Completely satisfied 71st Birthday Dad! I will be remembering you immediately as you’ll need to be remembered, in spandex. Miss you and love you at all times!’ wrote his son on Instagram as he posted a photograph of the comic on a bicycle

‘What I noticed was frustration,’ Zak, 39, informed host Max Lugavere on his podcast The Genius Life. 

‘What he was going via did not match one to 1 [with what] many Parkinson’s sufferers expertise. So, I feel that was exhausting for him.’

Zak, who’s a psychological well being advocate, continued: ‘There was a spotlight problem that annoyed him, there have been points related to how he felt and likewise from a neurological perspective he did not really feel nice,’ and added: ‘He was very uncomfortable.’ 

Williams’ son additionally questioned the remedy that his father was placed on, suggesting they could have made his total well being worse.

‘These medicine are not any joke,’ he defined. ‘They’re additionally actually exhausting on the thoughts and the physique.

‘I could not assist however really feel past empathy. I could not assist however really feel annoyed for him,’ Zak continued. ‘It may be actually isolating even whenever you’re with household and family members.’

Tragedy: Williams was ‘annoyed’ together with his well being struggles earlier than he in the end took his life in 2014, his son has revealed (Pictured, 2007) 

Lewy physique dementia causes a progressive decline in psychological skills, and people affected may need visible hallucinations and adjustments in alertness and a spotlight. 

Zak additionally shared his expertise with dealing the lack of his father, and the way it impacted his psychological well being.

‘I used to be closely ingesting to handle my psychological well being the place it created very dangerous points. For me personally, I used to be having well being points. I used to be experiencing some psychosis and once I spoke with a psychiatrist I used to be identified with Publish Traumatic Stress Dysfunction,’ he stated.

Including: ‘I used to be self-medicating via the trauma utilizing alcohol.’

Zak, who’s a father of two, went on to hunt assist in a 12-step program in addition to group remedy, which helped him.