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On Bill's physical and mental deterioration
>"Bill seemed to be cracking. The strain of fighting his illness, the painkillers that wrapped his head in cotton [...] moved him from laughter to tears within seconds. He would become mean, irrational, at times, but mostly he seemed frightened. [...] As soon as Charles Brand saw Bill walk into the Tiger offices [...] he knew something wasn't right. Bill's hands were shaking , he was wildly emotional and he kept excusing himself to go to the bathroom."
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On Bill's final show
>"On the evening of 5 January 1994, Bill dressed in his customary meticulous fashion for his eight o'clock show at Caroline's. [...] Colleen made a last-ditch effort to talk him out of the gig. [...] Frantically, she put a call in to Dr Donovan, who was appalled to hear that Bill was still working. He spoke bluntly: 'Colleen, Bill is ready to die. He just won't lie down.'"
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On Bill writing an essay while resting in hospital
>"He wrote [...] of his boyhood excitement at watching great comics on The Tonight Show and thinking, 'Boy, if they like this guy, they're going to love me.' And of the [...] cowards that run television treating middle Americans as though they were a herd of 'bib-wearing' fools who are only good for reflexive consumption. 'The elite ruling class wants us asleep so we'll remain a docile, apathetic herd of passive consumers, and non-participants in the true agenda of our governments' [...] A waitress at the Comedy Store had a computer and offered to type the piece up for him. When it came back - forty-five pages double spaced - Colleen suggested that he might consider cutting it for submission. He added a few pages.' [...] His final line was 'Heaven is a win/win situation. There is nothing to fear.' He underlined the word nothing.'"
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