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aggiesal

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22. Paul Weyrich died . . .
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 04:57 PM
Jun 2012

December 18, 2008

From Wikipedia (I know not the best source)
In 1996, Weyrich was diagnosed with a spinal injury known as arachnoiditis, resulting from a 1996 fall on black ice. From 2001 until his death in 2008, his injury left him in a wheelchair and in chronic pain. Complications from that fall required a bilateral, below the knee amputation of his legs in July 2005.

Weyrich died on December 18, 2008, aged 66, at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was at the hospital for routine tests, and the cause of death was not released. In addition to his spinal injury and amputations, Weyrich also suffered from diabetes. He was interred in Fairfax Memorial Park in Fairfax, Virginia on December 22, 2008.

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I bet he still got medicare!!!

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