Re: Not always joking, it seems

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:49:54 -0800, Kurt Busiek <kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On 2008-02-18 15:17:33 -0800, mike weber <fairportfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> ANother famous assassination - that of Chicago Mayor Anron Cermak,
>> originally reported as an assassination attempt on FDR - is
>> interesting; while Cermak was hit more than once, and died a while
>> later in hospital, and the gunshot wounds woud certainly have been an
>> aggravating circumstance, the listed cause of death was "ulcerative
>> colitis".
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>I thought it was peritonitis -- which makes sense, because it's often 
>caused by perforation of the abdomen.
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Cermak was already suffering from the colitis before he went to Miami
- his days were probably numbered, no matter what, even if The Boys
hadn't decided to suibtract a few from thayt number.

(My Dad's family had history with Cermak - he was apparenly a
semi-regular habitue of my great-grandfather's saloon in Cicero prior
to his election.  Part of family folklore is my great-grandfather
closing the joint for the four hours [or whatever] on Sunday morning
that he was required to close - except for that period, 24/7 was fine.
He set the dog loose in the place as he locked up, as usual, and went
toi church.

(When he got back to re-open, the dog had found Cermak passed out n
one of the back booths and had him treed on top of the bar.)