What I find interesting is that he was feeling something was wrong before he was diagnosed, so maybe his shit really was fucked up back then. In any case, he was right.
It's a little ironic that he did shitloads of drugs and women, and died because of exposure to something when he was a kid.

His version of Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is the one I currently like best. He was recording "The Wind" and just decided to do the song on the spur of the moment.