Some aggressive cancer, perhaps? We had a real good friend, diagnosed with stomach cancer and died 2 weeks later. It happens...
My first ever boss when I was 16 years old (30 years ago), was diagnosed with stomach cancer five years ago. Doctors were able to take care of it. Two years later, she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer. Within a week, she was gone. They always say when the cancer comes back a second time, it's always more aggressive than the first time around.
When you hear of a patient who has had cancer for many years but is said to have died after ‘sudden illness’, that often means the patient made the decision to stop further treatment except for palliative care and wait for their expected demise.
Chemo can be very, very rough on the body when the disease comes back or metastasizes. Maybe Alan had simply had enough ‘treatments’ and was tired of the fight.
**One Selfish Thought;
I hope Alan spoke to Monica, his sister in law and told her to get back with the Trump Administration asap. Don’t let the jealous naysayers scare you off.” She was accused of plagerism. Yeah, that never seemed to both Joe Biden at all!.