Word: kidneys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rumors began to spread that the new man in the Kremlin had been hospitalized. Some Westerners suggested that Andropov was suffering from nephritis, a chronic kidney ailment. Others hinted of heart trouble and possibly the flu, a common illness this time of year in Moscow. There was of course no official confirmation that Andropov had been either ill or in the hospital. Stories that he might be suffering from some life-threatening malady were quickly scotched when Andropov reappeared last Friday at a meeting with Nicaraguan Leader Daniel Ortega, and when he gave Pravda an interview that vigorously criticized President...
Last week the long struggle ended. Beset by kidney failure, chronic respiratory problems, inflammation of the colon and loss of blood pressure, Clark, 62, died quietly. The official cause of death: "circulatory collapse due to multiorgan system failure." The heart itself was in good working order at his death, having beat steadfastly nearly 13 million times. In the final days, Clark's doctors debated what steps they would take to preserve the patient's life: whether, for instance, it would be medically and ethically appropriate to try kidney dialysis on someone so ill. In the end, however, Clark...
RECOVERING. Gary Coleman, 15, cheeky child star of television's Different Strokes; from an abscess around the site of his 1973 kidney transplant; in Los Angeles. The problem was discovered while he awaited a second donated kidney; the first is failing. Coleman suffers from nephritis, a congenital kidney ailment, and until a year ago took drugs that inhibited the disease (and stunted his growth; he is now 4 ft. 2 in.). When he is well enough, he will try again for a new transplant...
Although he is still listed in serious condition and has some lung and kidney problems, Clark is improving daily, according to the hospital. He has been moved from isolation to an intensive care unit, which he shares with other patients. Clark is frequently visited by his wife Una Loy, who lives in a private suite three floors away...
DIED. Hugh Gallen, 58, plainspeaking, two-time Democratic Governor of traditionally Republican New Hampshire, who upset Incumbent Meldrim Thomson in 1978 on his promise (later honored) to eliminate a surcharge from electric bills and hold the line on taxes; of liver and kidney failure, a week before he was to leave office; in Boston. A self-made owner of a car dealership, Gallen in his third gubernatorial campaign refused to take "the pledge" against a state income or sales tax because of looming budget problems, rightly suspecting that his stance might cost him reelection...