Johnson drank two fifths of Cutty Sark scotch whiskey every day. That’s what killed him.
“Johnson drank two fifths of Cutty Sark scotch whiskey every day.”
Couldn’t he afford anything better than that?
I think it was said that he could “handle two fifths of Cutty Sark scotch whiskey in a day”, supposedly he had staff water down his whiskey so it looked like he was drinking as much as he wanted his guests to, so that he could be thought as vulnerable as them.
“Always seeking to wield the levers of power to his advantage, the Machiavellian Johnson while Senate majority leader instructed staff to make his scotch and soda significantly weaker than his guest’s so that he could keep a clearer head.”