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Ted Turner has Lewy body dementia, but what is that?

  • Written by Melissa J. Armstrong, Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of Florida
Ted Turner has Lewy body dementia, but what is that?Ted Turner and former wife Jane Fonda, picture in 1991, when the high-profile couple were dating. John Barrett/PHOTOlink/ MediaPunch /IPX/AP

Ted Turner recently announced that he has Lewy body dementia, a diagnosis that the late comic and actor Robin Williams was given after his death.

The disease is frequently unrecognized even by doctors, despite...

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