Editing Phil Katz (section)

== Alcoholism and death ==
Katz battled [[alcoholism]] for years. The earliest known arrest occurred in 1991. About a year later, Katz was again convicted of [[drunk driving]]. Between 1994 and September 1999, Katz was arrested five times for operating after suspension or revocation of his driver's license.

Before his death, Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department had several outstanding warrants against Katz, including jumping [[bail]] and the charges of operating an automobile while intoxicated and operating after revocation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/CONTROVERSY/LAWSUITS/SEA/warrant.txt|title=Outstanding Warrants for Phil Katz (2000)}}</ref>

On April 14, 2000, at the age of 37, Katz was found dead in a hotel room with an empty bottle of peppermint [[schnapps]] in his hand. A [[coroner]]'s report stated his death was a result of [[acute pancreatitis|acute pancreatic bleeding]] caused by chronic alcoholism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Famed software pioneer dies at 37 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20000422&id=0bsaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5028,1021351 |publisher=[[Journal Sentinel]] |date=2000-04-22 |access-date=2013-10-20 }}{{Dead link |date=December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url-access=limited |first1=Matt |last1=Murray |first2=Jeffrey |last2=Tannenbaum |title=The Rise and Fall of a Software Star; Phil Katz Loved Code -- and Liquor |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB961363319756539141 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=2000-06-19 |access-date=2016-12-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url-access=limited |first1=Lee |last1=Hawkins |title=The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz |url=http://www2.jsonline.com/news/state/may00/katz21052000a.asp |date=2000-05-21 |newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |access-date=2023-11-26 |archive-date=2007-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221103157/http://www2.jsonline.com/news/state/may00/katz21052000a.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>