Later Life
In 1983, Sabin developed calcification of the cervical spine, which caused paralysis and intense pain. According to Keith Olbermann, Sabin revealed in a television interview that the experience had made him decide to spend the rest of his life working on alleviating pain. This condition was successfully treated by surgery conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1992 when Sabin was 86. A year later Sabin died in Washington, D.C. from heart failure.
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