Word: tonsillitis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. MEL TORME, 73, consummate vocalist known, to his dismay, as the Velvet Fog; of complications from a stroke; in Los Angeles. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Torme began performing at age four; his voice's preternatural lushness was due in part to a small second growth of tonsil after a tonsillectomy. His artistry, however, was earned, and appreciated by fans from 1940s bobby-soxers to 1990s alternative rockers. Of Torme's musical intelligence, bandleader Buddy Rich once remarked, "When Mel sings, it's like having another horn in the band." Torme played several instruments and was an arranger...
...message: Guns kill kids too. And of course Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to center stage with a coolly effective defense of her own child advocacy, as the image of daughter Chelsea loomed large on the screen behind her. (Message to the Other Couple: We know about delivery rooms and tonsil operations.) Vice President Al Gore did his part in the family reunion, using the story of his sister's death from lung cancer to point out the ravages of teenage smoking...
AILING. BRETT BUTLER, 38, Dodgers center fielder; from cancer; in Los Angeles. In the course of a scheduled tonsillectomy, Butler's doctor discovered a cancerous tumor on the ballplayer's right tonsil and removed it. Butler faces further surgery, to be followed by weeks of chemotherapy before the state of his career and his health can be determined...