Bobby Fischer?

Question

omg, i'm sort of a chess nerd, and i was so shocked when i heard that Bobby Fischer died!

does anyone know why? all i heard was that it was an "unexpected illness".

Answer 1

The official answer is "kidney failure".  

But think about it.  The United States Government wanted him in prison.  They tried to extradite him from Japan, but couldn't get him.  Now, two years later, he's dead of a medical condition that no one ever knew he had.  

You tell me.

Answer 2

Just that it was Kidney failure.

Answer 3

kidney failure

Answer 4

his kidney failed him

Answer 5

Wow--he's dead? (ironically from the same thing longtime rival Mikhail Tal died from).

Answer 6

He died of kidney failure. Apparently, he stayed in a hospital for some time in the Fall, but decided to pass at his home in Reykjavik.

The US had actually been looking for him since '92, so I doubt it was foul play.