Health Problems
Tucker, whose liver problems were seriously debilitating him and threatened his life (he had nearly died from gastro-intestinal bleeding in 1994, and had steadily worsened since), received a lenient sentence of four years' probation and house detention in part because of his poor health. In 1997, Tucker received a liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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