Fu[QUOTE=suzyvermoesen;799723]I noticed thé nails too, looked like nicotine staines
about 60 years worth of nicotine !QUOTE]
I think it looks like a case of fingernail fungus. It can get painful and affect the sensitivity of your fingers if it is not treated.
Hiatus hernia can be caused by a lot of things - like extensive coughing or for instance constipation (which is for instance caused by use of morphine based drugs or bad diet)
...and: yes it is strange you never see pictures of him smoking during the FM era. The only picture - as far as I know is the heartbreakingly sad one from the eighties.
Ms Moose