[Steely Tom]

No I don't think that's accurate, unless he didn't tell the truth to his audience. When his hearing began to go, he said that some of his ancestors had gone deaf as they approached middle age, and that he was thankful that the technology existed to give him back at least limited hearing, without which he would find it difficult to carry on with his profession.

I don't remember the story of his oxy addiction, only that one of his housekeepers was involved in some way. It is true that it was around the same time as he lost his hearing.

If he lost his hearing because of the oxy addiction, that's news to me.

[logi_cal869]

Apologies. An old head injury in 2009 still causes some memory issues.

I was referencing my own conclusions on the basis of reports, not reports thereof.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010911211937/http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-000073024sep10.story?coll=la-headlines-health

I never believed what he told listeners about what caused his memory loss (autoimmune). He was probably lied to by the medical establishment.

I was and remain convinced that ‘they’ tried to take him out by addicting him and facilitating his addiction.