But illnesses and other factors kept him from doing so until Thursday.

Skelton's illness and recovery kept him off the air for a full month.

When still a child, illness kept him bed-ridden for a long time.

All told, the illness kept her away from competition for 18 months, but the toll could have been much worse.

Let them think his illness still kept him at home.

The illness "hasn't really kept me from work," she added, "though sometimes it has been a monumental effort" to keep going.

When he was 16, an illness kept him in the house for several months.

Injuries and illnesses kept him from racing past the age of two.

These illnesses kept him from moving to the new house he had built on his farm until the summer of 1840.

So private were illnesses kept that I have no idea what my older female relatives died of.