Death
In April 2006 he underwent surgery in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles to remove a non-cancerous tumour from his lungs. He never recovered fully from the operation and was in critical condition throughout the following months, until his death at the hospital on 13 August 2006, at the age of 73.
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