He said
he was on a Rowing Machine going at it hard
when his stoke started.
He also said he was over working.

He has one arm working at present.

Today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...earance-stroke
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-properly.html
But he never said he was smoking to much
- and that plays a part.
[Sitting in my doctor’s office six months
after my stroke was the moment I realised
the old me was dead for ever.
I can still recall his words with total clarity.
‘You have to accept that your old life is over.
You are beginning a new life — and it will be
very different,’ he said.]
from 11 Jan 2013
Life In The City.