Tacitus II

Being the last to die from a curable disease might even be worse than being the last to die in a war that was admitably a mistake; nevertheless someone is always last,, and Tacitus assumed that ignoble mantle on 2010-04-19; sucumbing to 9mm lead poisoning before that virus could take his wits.
Conversely, a very healthy insurance policy (which remained inviolate even in the event of suicide) ensured that his remains were better maintained that the spirit which had animated them. Brain matter was preserved and stored in classic cyro fashion unitl such time as the duty to reanimate the insured befores trickled down to someone unable to pass the unseemly buck.