Reporter this is the 34year old killer whale that spent most of his life in captivity entertaining sea world park he is dying. He has a disease that is chronic and progressive. At some point it might cause his death. Sea world says there is no cure for that bacterial lung infection but they are treating it with medication and i tried to get answers on the condition that finding the whale expert was not easy. I called dozens of marine biologist from florida to vancouver. I wanted to find out if the infection had anything to do with the whale spending decades in captivity. I could not find an expert to comment. Tilikum made National Headlines nearly 6 years ago when it killed trainer dawn brancheau. He was also involved in two other deaths going back to 1991 the documentary blackfish. We will stay in touch with the world overnight and will bring you updates on the condition on Eyewitness News. This starts at 5 am. Mike manzoni, channel 9, Eyewitness News. We just checked in a homeless se