He died in 2023. It was this week that the autopsy results were made public and, yes, they said that the pepper on the chip was a contributing factor (he also had some cardiopulmonary issues that contributed too).
Let’s just say the extreme pain of the rash and the infection required hospital time. I’m told the way my body reacted was the most extreme they’d ever seen, by far. they fully documented my case.
This is from 1999, which was the height of the iMac craze (what Andy is referring to by “these cute ones in all different colors”). Back then 64 MB to 128 MB RAM was not uncommon. Computers maxed out around 256 MB to 512 MB RAM.
John Cent would have been around 18 years old when this strip first was published and I don’t think he began wrestling until he was in his early 20s.