Yes, those blazing eyes, which finally closed Saturday when he died at 78 after a two-year struggle with abdominal cancer.

He died of abdominal cancer, said a funeral home spokesman.

The cause was complications from abdominal cancer, his family said.

The cause was abdominal cancer, said his wife, Joan.

He died of abdominal cancer, his wife, Elizabeth, said.

He died on September 23, 1987 after a year-long battle with abdominal cancer.

Wickramasinghe was diagnosed with abdominal cancer in a very serious manner and survived.

Not appendicitis, I guessed-but it did sound like abdominal cancer, and she was sure old enough.

His illness was diagnosed by the hospital at the time as abdominal cancer.

He was diagnosed with inoperable abdominal cancer in April 1999.