He had cancer, and took his own life.
I fished with him as a kid, he knew my grandfather and they fished together once in awhile.
Very nice person and had many stories that were great to listen to around the camp fire.
Used to love watching him on TV. He loved the sammy special! I still have a bunch of them in one of my many tackle boxes. Great rig for dragging upriver (bow man) while boondogging.
He really liked fishing the upper Hump.