Bob Aaron, a longtime reporter at WCHS, the ABC affiliate in Charleston, WV, said Friday he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Aaron was reporting on the death of Robin Williams, who had also been diagnosed with the disease, when he made the announcement to viewers. “It kind of feels good getting it off my chest,” he told The Charleston Gazette. “It’s not hanging over me.”
Aaron, who has reported for WCHS for more than three decades, said he has no plans to stop. He credits his wife with noticing the early symptoms of Parkinson’s:
“My wife sort of saved my life,” he said. “She noticed things about me I just attributed to getting older. I was walking slope-shouldered, tilted forward. I was shuffling my feet. I lost my sense of smell. I have what you could call ‘senior moments’ when I paused … and my balance isn’t quite what it used to be. I got some shakes … I didn’t really notice it, but she certainly did.”
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