The Creature from the Black Lagoon is dying of cancer.

"The funny thing is, deep down, I think we all knew it was bad. I mean, how could filling your lungs with smoke possibly be good for you? This was back before the government warnings, the lawsuits, all that. Sure, everyone smoked, but...we knew. We knew it was going to catch up to us one way or another. We just didn't know how. I quit about ten years ago, but apparently it was too little, too late. Six months, the doctors give me. Said the cancer has spread. I can't shake the feeling that of all the ways to die, this might be the dumbest."