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On 2024-12-06, Ed P wrote:

> Gibbons died on December 29, 1975, aged 64,
> [...] of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Actor John Ritter as well. It is hard to avoid
if you have been been identified as being born
with a weak aorta.

I seem to recall that it was one of Steve W's
worries. The only recourse is surgery which
itself is extrememly risky to fail similarly.

It was what prevented him from driving, as
each month has a mortality rate on the order
of a percent or so.