Many have died and many more will of Hep C, which can lie undetected for years while it slowly ruins your liver, and is incredibly hard to clear, so often also ruins your transplanted liver. I'm glad he had the chance to try again with a transplant, and that he knew long ago where this would probably end and was able to contact old friends, make peace, give and receive love, and that Laurie was with him. Estimates of the people born between 1940 and 1968 who do not know they are infected vary from 5% of the infected population to 50% of the infected population. For this reason: "In 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added a recommendation for a single screening test for those born between 1945 and 1965." Good idea to get checked, and if it turns out that Lou Reed saves your life, thank him with music!