What happened to Jack in '43?

[mackdaddyg]

I've been listening to the shows from 1943, and it appears that Jack missed at least three shows (one featuring Burns & Allen, and a couple with Orson Welles) due to "a cold."

I'm sure this is documented somewhere, so I apologize for asking the obvious, but what was his ailment during this time? That's a pretty big chunk of time to be out when you're the star of the show, so I assume it was fairly serious.

[Maxwell]

I've been listening to the shows from 1943, and it appears that Jack missed at least three shows (one featuring Burns & Allen, and a couple with Orson Welles) due to "a cold."

I'm sure this is documented somewhere, so I apologize for asking the obvious, but what was his ailment during this time? That's a pretty big chunk of time to be out when you're the star of the show, so I assume it was fairly serious.

He got pneumonia while touring service camps that winter.

[Mandolynn]

It's funny... the first time I listened to all the shows in order, when I came to the shows just before that happened, I thought, "Gosh, he's pushing himself too hard; it's a wonder he doesn't get sick or something." They were doing so many shows in between the Sunday broadcasts and it was winter and he was not a young man. So I was not surprised at all when he missed several shows in a row.

I have to say that those Orson Wells broadcasts were terrific; I loved the way Phil Harris said "Orrrrrsonnnn Wells."

[Yhtapmys]

They were doing so many shows in between the Sunday broadcasts and it was winter and he was not a young man.

What? In 1943 he was under 50. That's younger than I am.

Yhtapmys

[Mandolynn]

Well, I don't mean to offend, but he was 49, right?
Last year I was 49, and I noticed a huge difference in my physical stamina compared to just three or four years earlier. Not that I was ever an Olympic athlete or anything, but I was always been able to work hard for long hours ... I'm talking on my feet in the lab for 15 or 16 hour shifts... and bounce right back the next day. And I used to travel a lot for pleasure and enjoy it, hassles and all. But last year I noticed that I simply cannot work the hours I used to, and traveling is much harder on me than it used to be. It just seemed to me that he was pushing himself really hard and the weather on most of his stops would have been sloppy winter weather. Without knowing he got sick, I thought it would be a miracle that he hadn't gotten sick.