TMZ reports that a 911 call placed days before the death of Dennis Farina revealed he was suffering from cancer at the time. He was 69.

The call was made early Saturday morning. A woman in his home says he needs oxygen and calls him a “cancer patient” who is having a hard time breathing. It was never reported that he was diagnosed with cancer. He died n Monday in Scottsdale from a blood clot in his lung.

His cardiologist said he had “a small cancer 13 years ago that was treated and cured with surgery.” He also said that while Farina had a recurrence of the cancer and was getting treatment, it as the blood clot that killed him.