The cause was complications from a lung disorder.
His father, a police officer who worked at ground zero, died last week of a lung disorder.
"We have eliminated compensation for pneumoconiosis," Mr. Patton, a former coal mine operator, said of the black lung disorder.
Wilson, who won world titles in 1982 and 1989, had recently been suffering from the lung disorder chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.
The accord does not cover several hundred people who say the drugs gave them primary pulmonary hypertension, an often fatal lung disorder.
The baron, after he was found to have a lung disorder (probably tuberculosis), moved to Taormina in 1878 for his health.
Actelion, a Swiss company, is withholding samples of its flagship product, Tracleer, which treats a lung disorder.
Pfizer said yesterday that it had asked United States and European regulators to approve its male impotence drug Viagra as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a potentially fatal lung disorder.
The Indian Express newspaper said the research showed children in Delhi suffered significantly more respiratory diseases, including asthma and severe lung disorder, than a control group as well as higher levels of hypertension and hyperactivity.
Today, in a telephone interview, a doctor in Nebraska described a similar case of the lung disorder in another patient, who is also a worker handling artificial butter flavoring for popcorn.
The Times later reported, "The attending physicians certified to a diagnosis of prematurity and hyaline membrane disease... a lung disorder that takes the lives of about half of the 50,000 babies who contract it every year".
