It brings me great sadness to hear this news.
I had the occasion to meet Jim a few years ago, as part of the Anchorage Cabbage DO. During the second part of the trip, he told me, "when you are old, never pass up a chance to piss," which was very much the advice to heed, consider that we were on a 6 hours road trip back from Denali National Park, with limited breaks.
Jim, I will also heed the first part of your advice about "when you are young, never pass up a chance ..."