He was Zappa all the way until the end. She kept trying to put the blame on Frank for his disease; tobacco use, early detection, etc. He had urinary problems for years and was checked and rechecked regularly until one day they told him he had cancer and it was too far advanced to operate. Such a waste. I sometimes forget how far we've come, at least in that area. I'm sure the state of the recording industry today would have found a cogent spokesman in Frank