While in recovery, he learned that he suffered from an eye melanoma that was, in the end, the direct cause of his death in Warsaw on 13 July 2012 at the age of 71.
În timp ce se recuperara, el a aflat că suferă de melanom ocular malign, care a dus la decesul său la Varșovia pe 13 iulie 2012, la vârsta de 71 de ani.