Editing Glenn Gould (section)

===Health and death===
Though an admitted hypochondriac,<ref name="nytimes.com_May 29, 1988"/><ref name="fnL" group="fn"/> Gould had many pains and ailments, but his autopsy revealed few underlying problems in areas that often troubled him.<ref name="fnM" group="fn"/> He worried about everything from [[high blood pressure]] (which in his later years he recorded in diary form) to the safety of his hands. (Gould rarely shook people's hands, and habitually wore gloves.)<ref name="fnN" group="fn"/><ref name="fnO" group="fn"/> The spine injury he experienced as a child led physicians to prescribe, usually independently, an assortment of [[analgesic]]s, [[anxiolytic]]s, and other drugs. Bazzana has speculated that Gould's increasing use of a variety of prescription medications over his career may have had a deleterious effect on his health. It had reached the stage, Bazzana writes, that "he was taking pills to counteract the side effects of other pills, creating a cycle of dependency".{{sfn|Bazzana|2003|p=362}} In 1956, Gould told photojournalist [[Jock Carroll]] about "my hysteria about eating. It's getting worse all the time."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Caroll|first=Jock|title=Glenn Gould: Some Portraits of the Artist as a Young Man|publisher=Stoddart|year=1995|isbn=0773729046|pages=24}}</ref> In his biography, psychiatrist Peter F. Ostwald noted Gould's increasing neurosis about food in the mid-1950s, something Gould had spoken to him about. Ostwald later discussed the possibility that Gould had developed a "psychogenic eating disorder" around this time.{{sfn|Ostwald|1997}} In 1956, Gould was also taking [[Thorazine]], an anti-psychotic medication, and [[reserpine]], another anti-psychotic, which can also be used to lower blood pressure.{{sfn|Goddard|2017|p=19}} Cornelia Foss has said that Gould took many [[antidepressants]], which she blamed for his deteriorating mental state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/music/being-glenn-gould/ |title=Being Glenn Gould – The Adelaide Review |last=Orr |first=Stephen |date=14 August 2013 |website=The Adelaide Review |language=en-US |access-date=24 April 2018 |archive-date=24 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135649/https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/music/being-glenn-gould/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Whether Gould's behaviour fell within the [[autism spectrum]] has been debated.<ref name="canadianencyclopedia.com_1"/> The diagnosis was first suggested by psychiatrist Peter Ostwald, a friend of Gould's, in the 1997 book ''Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius''.{{sfn|Ostwald|1997}} There has also been speculation that he may have had [[bipolar disorder]], because he sometimes went several days without sleep, had extreme increases in energy, drove recklessly, and in later life endured severe depressive episodes.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DIOOAwAAQBAJ |title=The Autism Spectrum and Depression |last=Dubin |first=Nick |date=2014 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers |isbn=9780857002426 |page=77}}</ref>

[[File:Glenn gould.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Gould's grave marker, with incipit of Bach's ''[[Goldberg Variations]]'']]

On 27 September 1982, two days after his 50th birthday, after experiencing a severe headache, Gould had a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body. He was admitted to [[Toronto General Hospital]] and his condition rapidly deteriorated. By 4 October, there was evidence of brain damage, and Gould's father decided that his son should be taken off life support.{{sfn|Ostwald|1997|pp=325–328}} Gould's public funeral was held in [[St. Paul's, Bloor Street|St. Paul's Anglican Church]] on 15 October with singing by [[Lois Marshall]] and [[Maureen Forrester]]. The service was attended by over 3,000 people and was broadcast on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. He is buried next to his parents in Toronto's [[Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto|Mount Pleasant Cemetery]] (section 38, lot 1050).<ref>{{cite web |title=Gould, Glenn Herbert (Search Results) |url=https://www.finditatmpg.com/Details.aspx?GID=ZVitZj8N38rFCcqFV1UScA%3d%3d |website=[[Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto|Mount Pleasant Group]] |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717063457/https://www.finditatmpg.com/Details.aspx?GID=ZVitZj8N38rFCcqFV1UScA%3D%3D |url-status=live }}</ref> The first few bars of the ''[[Goldberg Variations]]'' are carved on his grave marker.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/festivals/wildlife-on-the-trail-of-count-von-svoboda-and-glenn-gould | title=Wildlife: On the trail of Count von Svoboda and Glenn Gould | first=Fish | last=Griwkowsky | date=15 February 2018 | newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] | access-date=19 September 2018 | archive-date=20 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920084015/https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/festivals/wildlife-on-the-trail-of-count-von-svoboda-and-glenn-gould | url-status=live }}</ref> An animal lover, Gould left half his estate to the [[Toronto Humane Society]]; the other half went to the [[The Salvation Army, Canada|Salvation Army]].{{sfn|Goddard|2017|p=35}}

In 2000, a [[Movement disorders|movement disorder]] neurologist suggested in a paper that Gould had [[dystonia]], "a problem little understood in his time."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Oestreich|first=James R.|author-link=James R. Oestreich|date=13 March 2012|title=A Disorder That Stops the Music|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/arts/music/dystonia-which-struck-glenn-gould-and-other-musicians.html|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609053339/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/arts/music/dystonia-which-struck-glenn-gould-and-other-musicians.html|url-status=live}}</ref>