Do you even know what you are saying? If you are going to write crap like this, and hope to not be known as a complete turd, then you have to provide a source, or immediately retract and apologize to Ralph.
Let's just say that what you wrote is factually accurate. That would mean Ralph's doctor told his family what he "noted". Then that would also mean Ralph's family in turn passed this somewhat personal information over to others, who in turn passed it to your source. How likely is it that Ralph's family and close associates would trade in this kind of information? Not at all.
I usually take stuff on this board with a big grain of salt, but I just find this particular show of ignorance highly offensive.