hiː sˈʌfɚd ɐ stɹˈoʊk ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt, ænd dˈaɪd fɹʌm kˌɑːmplɪkˈeɪʃənz fˈoːɹ jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚɹ æt ɡˈʊd sɐmˈæɹɪtən hˈɑːspɪɾəl ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ θɹˈiː, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː, ˈeɪdʒd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt.
He suffered a stroke in 1998, and died from complications four years later at Good Samaritan Hospital on September 3, 2002, aged 68.