Editing Jack L. Chalker (section)

==Illness and death==

On September 18, 2003, during [[Hurricane Isabel]], Chalker passed out and was taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with a [[heart attack|coronary occlusion]]. He was later released, but was severely weakened. On December 6, 2004, he was again taken to hospital with breathing problems and disorientation, and was diagnosed with a skin infection. Chalker was hospitalized in critical condition, then upgraded to stable condition on December 9, although he did not regain consciousness until December 15.  After several more weeks in deteriorating condition and in a [[persistent vegetative state]], with several transfers to different hospitals, Chalker died on February 11, 2005, of [[kidney failure]] and [[sepsis]] at [[Grace Medical Center (Baltimore)|Bon Secours Hospital]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Josh |title=Jack L. Chalker, 60, science-fiction writer |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-02-13-0502130040-story.html |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=13 February 2005 |access-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-date=2021-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622193010/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-02-13-0502130040-story.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

Some of Chalker's remains are interred in the family plot at [[Loudon Park Cemetery]] in Baltimore. The remainder were distributed off the ferry between [[Hainan Island]] and the Chinese mainland, a ferry in [[Vietnam]], [[White's Ferry]] on the [[Potomac River]] in [[Virginia]] on Father's Day 2007, and on author [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s grave in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] on December 17, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chalker |first1=Steven |title=Jack's Ashes |url=http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/12/27/jacks-ashes |website=Jack Chalker.com News |access-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 13, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213034730/http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/12/27/jacks-ashes |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>