I believe he had cancer a few years back and apparently survived that. Then I think he had part of his liver removed and came through that but this time whatever it was got him. So many people I know, friends and family, have succumbed to it in one form or another. Insidious, evil disease and we should plough more money into curing all forms of it instead of wasting money on sh*t like a free gift to the nation of a platinum coin celebrating the marriage of the Queen and Prince Philip. What a load of cr*p.