We need to find out what the question was and what was the answer
Maybe he was reminiscing about his days driving an 18 wheeler at the Boise Cascade Company.
True according to a book I once had:
What were Gertrude Stein's last words?
She tossed from side to side in bed and asked "What is the answer? What is the answer?"
Then she suddenly sat upright in bed and asked:
"What is the question?" And died.