My guess, since this was not his first heart attack, would be that the MS was not the major factor in causing his death...very tragic still, we need more people to make us laugh at ourselves, not less, & this day we are poorer by one...
For me, his most memorable routine was when he described his heart attack, had me ROFLMAO as he made a lie out of the phrase, "as funny as a heart attack"...

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