Mr Tanner has a history of high cholesterol, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, diet controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus, and centripedal obesity.
He had a tonsillectomy at age 15, a right inguinal hernia repair at age 58 and an angioplasty at 64. He has also had several basal cell carcinomas removed from his face and ears and has been hospitalised numerous times for kidney stones.
