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Not sure of the accuracy of this l, but I heard or read somewhere that he had to go back up to the states several years ago for some kind of treatment at a VA Hospital.

Last time we saw him he regaled us with his inventing the little pencil sharpener we used to use in school, songs he wrote for Elvis and coauthoring songs with John Lennon, his big ranch on Maui, etc. What a character!