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Originally Posted by mbovenka
AFAIK, he didn't die of cancer, but of heart failure. And in the later Granada episodes, he got bloated because of the drugs he took for his manic depression.
And sad as that is, his own issues may have made him a better Holmes (he seems to have thought so, and calling Holmes a manic depressive is probably not far off the mark...)
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True Mr. Brett had had Rheumatic fever (if I recall right) as a child and it affected his heart then was further aggravated by smoking. Holmes had his addictions as well of course (cocaine and Tobacco) which either caused his depressive condition or added to it I'd think. In the old Rathbone movies the matter is mentioned only once that I recall. Holmes says, "Watson, the needle." at the end of Hound of the Baskervilles. The old films (aside from the 1st two) weren't even set in the proper time period, but I remember them fondly as my 1st introduction to the great detective.