southern's health deteriorated in the last two years of his life, and he suffered a mild stroke in november 1992. in february 1993 he made his last visit home to texas, where he attended a commemorative screening of "dr. strangelove" and "the magic christian" at the dallas museum of art. during 1994 he made a series of recordings of readings from his works for a projected tribute project coordinated by producer hal willner and nelson lyon, but the recording process was complicated by southern's fragile health and the project remained unreleased until recently.