Wikipedia contributors. (2025, February 2). Killing of Brian Thompson. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:26, February 3, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Brian_Thompson&oldid=1273511347
On the celebration of his 100th birthday on December 18, 2005, surrounded by over 100 friends and family, he had champagne, his first drink of liquor in his life, after promising his mother he wouldn’t drink until he was 100. Five days later he died in the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage at around 10:30 AM on December 23, 2005.