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Question (spoiler) What did Petey....

posted 13 years ago by puplover
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die of exactly? They don't say in the movie. He was only 53 or so. I know Vernell said something to Dewey towards the end like "All those years of hard livin' will catch up to ya" so I assumed it was something alcoholism related.

But does anyone know? Thanks!

[–] faista-1 12 years ago

Just a shot in the dark - when the two rejoiced at the pool joint,
at some point Petey started coughing pretty bad, pretty deep...
Maybe tuberculosis?

[–] Fluffysquirrel (7) 7 months ago

He died of cancer. They showed the newspaper article that he died of cancer at the age of 53.