The Hep C probably doesn't help.

I wanted to visit his restaurant on a trip to Atlanta back in the early 2000s, but a local friend advised me against it, saying that the neighborhood was uh... less than hospitable.

You're confusing him with Kamala, who is not only a double amputee but a better human being according to a lot of people who wrestled with him. Abdullah was known to have a been a bully who often cut people open without their consent, almost killing someone in at least one case according to Superstar Billy Graham.