Lenihan subordinated his illness to try and put Ireland’s finances in order

THE prognosis — that he would quickly die of his diagnosed heart disease — was not the worst problem Norman Cousins faced.

Lenihan subordinated his illness to try and put Ireland’s finances in order

He was in enormous pain, which, at the time, his doctors were not able to ameliorate. He tried everything, including playing old Marx Brothers movies to himself.

Amazingly, the comedy helped.

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