Well I am so glad to hear he is no longer smoking! At his age, he would no doubt be having all kinds of respiratory problems by now if he hadn't quit. So tell me, did he ever catch on to you guys stealing his smokes - and was he mad?
I wonder if any part of his hearing loss can be traced to explosions or other Hollywood special effects? I think both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy suffered for years from tinnitis that they blamed on such things from Star Trek.