and Sensenberger from communicating in person, restricting them to only phone and Internet, including Skype. Sensenberger pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance on a flight and was given a 12-month suspended sentence with probation and must seek counselling and an addiction assessment. The charge of uttering threats against Zimmer was withdrawn. Zimmer suffered ill health in 2013 spending three weeks in hospital with pneumonia during the spring and then continuing to go in and out of hospital with respiratory complaints. He reportedly informed Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in July of his intention to resign due to his health and submitted a resignation letter to the Governor General of Canada on August 2, 2013, the eighth anniversary of his appointment to the Senate, with his resignation taking immediate effect. He was 70 at the time of his departure from the upper house. He died from cancer on June 7, 2016. References External links 1942 births 2016 deaths Businesspeople from Manitoba Businesspeople from Saskatchewan Canadian philanthropists Canadian senators from Manitoba Liberal Party of Canada senators 21st-century Canadian politicians 20th-century philanthropists