Verne Wisby, 68, suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung disease linked to smoking that can cause respiratory infections and breathing trouble.

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Far from being a spark plug for crowd trouble, I believe anthems, whether booed or sung with lung-busting gusto, add to the atmosphere of the game and put fire in players' bellies.

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The death from lung disease of Sergio Motta, his communications minister, close friend and chief trouble-shooter, was both a personal and political blow.

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Her lung cancer would almost certainly end her life long before her thyroid cancer caused any trouble.

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