Sandy wrote:
Probably Prednisone to help with his breathing. He had emphysema.

Yes, he died of emphysema BUT he was also very physically active - tennis,
sailing, etc. 79 isn't exactly young (although the older I get, the younger
it seems).

Jill

"Damsel" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:19:09 -0600, notbob
wrote:

On 2005-01-24, Damsel wrote:

He was on Entertainment Tonight late last week, and they were
talking about
how he was writing for Letterman. So this came as a big surprise
to me.

....and boy, was he ever bloated. Looked almost as big as Jerry
Lewis.

Probably some kind of cortisone.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote
me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_