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....but water treatment plants and whipping smallpox and polio didn't save Rick from heroin, crack, alcohol, heart valve infections, cirrhosis and whatever else killed him.

Yeah, that's what I thought you were getting at. Guess I was in a dark mood too. Why does it seem that many artists die right after a sudden (if slight) resurgance (Queen, Jackie Gleason, Roy Orbison, etc).