A very talented guy who managed to come back after drug problems and that prison term.
Buddy had a stroke a few years ago and moved to Austin after that, I'm not sure why, but the
obit story at austin360.com quoted his stepdaughter saying it was to have peace and harmony. He did a few local post-stroke gigs that got some publicity, at least around these parts.
Saying that his size caused the congestive heart failure is jumping to a conclusion. Could be, but we don't know his medical history, and neither do news reporters.