Originally Posted by vdc-Loki

Did I miss some medical report where smoking leads to a STROKE???

FWIW:

Phill had a blood clot damn near kill him not too long ago, he fought his way through that, AND if you were / are an avid watcher of the show then you would know that after his last near death venture he cut WAY BACK on the smoking.

Just a few weeks ago he suffered a stroke during an offload at St. Paul, he was found on the floor of his cabin and air lifted to a hospital in Anchorage Alaska.

Over the past week or so he WAS doing much better, sitting up, talking, moving about etc etc, and then last night... he was called back home.

To the people here blaming this on smoking... OK, I'm SURE it did not help his health... fuck NOTHING these guys do HELPS their health, but like I said, I for one have never heard about a link between smoking and a stroke.

just my 2 cents mind you.

RIP Phill you will be missed

-Loki-