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19 Nov 2017, 9:54 pm

I remember wishing to god that I was him, when I was a kid.



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19 Nov 2017, 10:05 pm

And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

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19 Nov 2017, 10:06 pm

Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

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he is hoping for a liver transplant in time.



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19 Nov 2017, 10:10 pm

That can come from a living donor - he still has so many fans, there may be time.


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19 Nov 2017, 10:11 pm

unfortunately he may have other medical issues that would render it moot.



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19 Nov 2017, 10:14 pm

Wasn't there a major league baseball player who received a liver transplant even though he had other serious illness? Has the "policy" - assuming there is one - changed? Let me see what I can Google...

Edit in - yep. Mickey Mantle. Liver cancer, turned out to be metastatic.


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19 Nov 2017, 10:16 pm

Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
Wasn't there a major league baseball player who received a liver transplant even though he had other serious illness? Has the "policy" - assuming there is one - changed? Let me see what I can Google...

generally, wealth gives one a leg-up with these things, I have read.



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19 Nov 2017, 10:18 pm

True that, but earthbound immortality is still priced out of everyone's reach. At least for now.


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19 Nov 2017, 10:19 pm

I think an Elysium scenario is much closer than we are aware.



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19 Nov 2017, 10:41 pm

If you mean like the movie, I'm afraid you may be right.


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20 Nov 2017, 8:24 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

-- Tolkien


he is hoping for a liver transplant in time.


Is he an alcoholic?


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20 Nov 2017, 8:34 pm

Yes - admitted publicly a few years ago. Edit in, hang on, here is a link.


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20 Nov 2017, 8:35 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

-- Tolkien


he is hoping for a liver transplant in time.


Is he an alcoholic?

I think so, like his late father jack Cassidy.



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20 Nov 2017, 11:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

-- Tolkien


he is hoping for a liver transplant in time.


Is he an alcoholic?

I think so, like his late father jack Cassidy.


According to AJ Benza, Jack Cassidy had also had a trance-like love of fire that more than bordered on pyromania when drunk, that led to his death.


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20 Nov 2017, 11:06 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

-- Tolkien


he is hoping for a liver transplant in time.


Is he an alcoholic?

I think so, like his late father jack Cassidy.


According to AJ Benza, Jack Cassidy had also had a trance-like love of fire that more than bordered on pyromania when drunk, that led to his death.

what an awful way to die.



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20 Nov 2017, 11:46 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Esmerelda Weatherwax wrote:
And now he would doubtless envy you. Strange days. We are more fortunate than we know.

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

-- Tolkien


he is hoping for a liver transplant in time.


Is he an alcoholic?

I think so, like his late father jack Cassidy.


According to AJ Benza, Jack Cassidy had also had a trance-like love of fire that more than bordered on pyromania when drunk, that led to his death.

what an awful way to die.


Indeed. I have to wonder if Cassidy had inherited his father's mental illness.


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