Johnny was the best welder I've ever seen. The man could weld anything, anywhere, 'cept underwater. Unfortunately, he also suffered from RA, to the extent that he couldn't more than 10-15 min. at a time; he hurt that bad. He tried to kill the constant pain with booze; it didn't work. His immune system was destroyed from all the meds he was on, and he'd catch everything that came down the road. The last time he was hospitalized for bronchitis he caught some other bug while he was in there, and his body couldn't fight it. He died on the day he was to be released...St. Patrick's Day...he was 55.