Ghandi's funeral and cause of death?

Mahatma Ghandi, that wonderful gentle soul, was always plagued by bad health. We believe it is because he always walked barefoot and his body absorbed many of the pollutants through the soles of his feet, causing his health problems and eventual demise. This is assumed to be the case because of his constant bad breath. When he died, he was known as the super-fragile calloused mystic vexed by halitosis...