50-50 chance it’s AIDS.
He is gay and got it from a lover, guaranteed. No real man would marry a wookie.
If one considers the scuttlebutt about his rampant homosexual behavior in Chicago, that might be quite possible. He is unnaturally thin for someone who isn’t a runner or cyclist (particularly in light of the fact that he is continuously entertaining over sumptuous dinners and banquets and is always noshing on an ice cream cone).
A little gift from the Chicago bathhouse’s that just keeps giving.