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No, it was not PD. It was a rare type of cerebellar degeneration. The details appear in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Jorge Romero,MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "vbn6" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 5:47 PM Subject: News: Eugene O'Neill/Was it PD? Medical Researchers Revise O'Neill's Death Tale By DENISE GRADY (April 13) Contrary to Eugene O'Neill's own suspicion that heavy drinking in his youth had caused the brain disease that crippled him later in life, a new report confirms that he died of a rare brain disorder, but says alcohol was not to blame. In today's NYTimes online: http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/ science/health/041300hth-oneill-autopsy.html Victoria Nordli cg