The full story about his life is in the people section of the OCF site here. He actually started with oropharangeal cancer from smoking, had treatments, was in remission for a few months before they discovered that it was now in his lungs, where with access to his circulatory system it went to his brain. I was privileged enough to speak to his wife years ago about him, she filled in many of the blanks for me when we wrote the story on the site. It might be noted that after his initial treatments his very strong addiction to nicotine had him smoking again.... You can be brilliant, smart, wealthy and more, but addiction to nicotine is a bitch to ditch.

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/people/arts_entertainment_people.htm

Last edited by Brian Hill; 03-06-2009 04:52 PM. Reason: tons of typos late at night
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.