A 1999, ya sanar cewa yana fama da cutar Alzheimer.
Tabbas, mafi rikitarwa na jumla shine "A cikin 1999, ya sanar cewa yana fama da cutar Alzheimer, kuma ya mutu shekaru uku bayan haka sakamakon rikitarwa daga cutar a Springfield, Oregon, a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 2002, a gidan kula da tsofaffi yana da shekaru 82. "