Dali Appears Close to Death, Doctor Says
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From Associated Press
FIGUERAS, Spain — Doctors treating Salvador Dali for a heart ailment and other problems said Saturday that the famed surrealist artist appears to be close to death.
Dr. Carles Ponsati, Dali’s chief physician, said the 84-year-old painter has “a great will to live . . . and this is what is keeping him alive.”
He said Dali was not responding to treatment for heart trouble, which has been aggravated by pneumonia, and that he needs an oxygen mask to breathe.
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