Rob Schneider Blames Robin Williams’ Suicide on Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease

Williams’ wife revealed last week that the comedy legend was suffering from early stages of Parkinson’s disease

Comedian Rob Schneider links Robin Williams' suicide to pharmaceutical drugs
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Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member and comedy star Rob Schneider is blaming the pharmaceutical industry for Robin Williams‘ death.

Following Friday’s revelation that the comedy legend was suffering from the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Schneider took to Twitter to link Williams’ suicide to the drugs he was taking to treat the degenerative disorder.

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Williams’ wife, Susan, did not elaborate on how Parkinson’s was affecting the Oscar-winning actor, only stating that “he was not yet ready to share publicly.”

Schneider labeled those who publicly disagreed with his connection between suicide and drugs prescribed to treat Parkinson’s disease as “Big Pharma Trolls.”

Williams was found dead in his Bay area home last week. A coroner ruled that the cause of death was suicide by asphyxiation.

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