stardom to see it at that moment. We sat in my office.
���I wanted to come and see you in person to tell you that
I am unable to accept this year���s lifetime achievement
award. You see, I am not well. I have cancer,��� he explained
to me, motioning towards his face. ���I have doctors in
Tennessee, and my sister is there. I am going there for
surgery and do not know when I will be back������
I felt my heart and my stomach become one ��� that feeling
that happens when you go into shock, just before you
go numb. I didn���t want to believe it. It was perplexing
that this situation could be the fate of someone so great,
so wise, and so endearing.
HYLAND
