It’s hard to believe he’s in his early 60s. He looks and sounds like someone much older. A friend of mine who had dinner with him during a cruise (years ago!), remembers Ben unloading a slew of medications, including Mylax, and lining them up on the table. My friend - a big lib but a nice guy with an eye towards detail and a dislike of people wearing their hypochondria on their sleeve - was horrified.
I’m 64 and have had cancer. I figured he was at least 5 years older than I am.
Believe it or not, he went to junior high with Sylvester Stallone.
All those prescriptions can definitely bend your mind.
I remember ten years ago when he wrote about taking Cipro during the Anthrax scare. He wrote that spectacularly wigged him out, and not in a good way.
Maybe there was a permanent effect?