Not sugar coating this but at 69 he has lived a full life which is all any of us can ask for but his outlook doesn't look good especially if hes in a lot of serious pain and isn't as mobile as once was so don't feel real bad for him as we all know death will come one day and if we make it to around 70 or more , we are very lucky and he probably has some great memories from his life and seen many things which most of us can only dream of