He had successfully recovered from oral cancer in the early 1990s .
He had successfully had additional health problems near the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s , including pneumonia and a minor stroke suffered in 2004 .
He had successfully recovered from oral cancer in the early 1990s , but had additional health problems near the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s , including pneumonia and a minor stroke suffered in 2004 .