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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 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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