How was Bing Crosby’s Real Life When the Stage Lights Went Off?
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That is "MEL TOR-MAY," NOT "MEL TORM, "WHEN YOU SAY THE NAME "MEL TORME."
How tragically fragile is the human condition wherein on one side of a blade, in a gifted genius and talented compassion, only to be dulled by the other side of despicably flawed behavior.
It has been a little over a year since I subscribed to Age of Vintage. Having been born in 1953, I read quite a few of the magazines that featured the Glamour of Hollywood, and so I've really enjoyed watching your videos. In watching this particular video, though, I was surprised to see how much you left out about Mr. Crooner. His wife wrote a book after he died. He was a real "prize." He was abusive to his wife and children. One of his sons committed suicide. But "back in the day" nobody would have believed Mrs. Crosby, not with the persona of the "swell guy" Mr. Narcissist had created for himself to preserve his image. They probably would have thrown all sorts of verbal rocks at Mrs. Crosby for speaking the truth. It is heartbreaking to see how much was swept under the rug in the name of keeping up appearances, and how adversely it affects people's lives.
I read this anecdote way back in the 70's: Bing was on an airplane, reading a book or newspaper or something, and he noticed a woman on the other side of the aisle who kept leaning forward and staring at him. Eventually he turned and looked her in the eye and said, "Well I have to be SOMEWHERE, don't I?"
That’s gotta be the most Bing Crosby thing I’ve ever heard 💀
Let’s be honest, a star’s public persona rarely reflected their private life.
We are all human. We all have certain times in our life were we have made mistakes. None are perfect.
Exactly! But image is what most people wanted. Before movies, most people grew up associating statues and pictures of religious icons, and then people of note with purity of character, excellence in every aspects of daily life. As my dear Father used to say, “ Clean-cut and wholesome “. And sad to say, so many people are still willing to push aside the truth because of the image they see in either music videos or movies, or television.
After all they are "Actors", they're good at playing parts on stage.
Mel Torme’s last name is pronounced tor-may.
it's pronounced mind your own business
Mel Torme was an absolutely fantastic singer, composer and musician and more than deserves to have his name pronounced correctly. Especially by a professional who should be careful about such things. It irritates me when 'computer voices' do this - but there's really no excuse for humans making mistakes like this.
My father pronounced it “torment”.
I tried to show my mum your show but my mum said “ that Bing was priest and priests never do anything wrong” lol thanks for your hard work.
Hahahaha! Sweet.
My mother loved Bing Crosby she could never understand how people liked Frank Sinatra over Bing .
Lee,ur mom never read her history books.'Saint' Thomas More,,executed by Henry 8 had a rack in his house to encourage non Catholics to repent & Alexander Borgia the Pope from Hell are prime examples of what was wrong in the church then....& now(?)
They also make great “baby sitters”, LOL!!
Both Bing and Dixie drank, God rest their souls. Dixie was the bigger star when she married Bing. She had a beautiful voice. They did one duet together and you can find it here. Bing Crosby had huge remorse on how his first set of children were raised and wanted to make it up with the second set. He admitted he made mistakes with his sons. Let them all Rest In Peace. 🙏😇
If you asked his sons what Bing Crosby was like you would have a completely different story than you portrayed. People always told me what a great dad i had and I was thinking "You don't have to live with him". I was very sympathetic towards his sons.
I had a "dad" like that. I think he married my mom with my sister & I to have built in "toys" & whipping posts. Also to buy respectability. A Norman Rockwell looking family, to the outside picture perfect with perfect children, with perfect manners, always seen but not heard. It was hell for any minute infraction as soon as we got home. Oddly enough he looked a lot like Bing & sang like him. I HAVE ALL THE SYMPATHY FOR OTHER KIDS LIKE US.
Maybe you should read the defensive quotes the three other sons made for their dad after the eldest son released his book. Then maybe read the eldest son being reinterviewed years later and some of his answers. Interesting to say the least.
@@mitzymoo3151 not that interested
@@marjoriejohnson4559 So you judge Bing based on old info that came mainly from books, one queried and one debunked, but aren't interested in looking into the new info that clear Bing of some of the mistruths aimed at him since his passing. Gee I always thought that both sides of a story warranted looking at. I'm sure Bing wasn't in any way perfect but he did love his kids. The truth probably rests somewhere in the middle with both Bing and Gary being right and wrong in the relationship.
@@mitzymoo3151 Are you one of his kids? If not, then how do you know?
A very even handed, informative exposé. Well done. Crosby was an imperfect man just like the rest of us.
Unfortunately, both my great-grandfather and grandfather were members of the New Orleans Country Club. The issue isn't Golf. The issue was that both were alcoholics and devoted the majority of their time to getting drunk with their Golfing buddies to their wives and kids.
Hello Arthur, I live in New Orleans too.
@@linniem5982 I live in Rogers, AR! I'm originally from New Orleans! I'm a Hog fan now and crying bucket tears right now about the Baseball team! Did you graduate from LSU? Did you graduate from High School in New Orleans!
I have read just about every book written on Bing, he was a playboy in his younger years and he loved to gamble, but when he married Dixie he stayed true, a fact that several other actors and actresses have confirmed in their autobiographies. As far as mob ties I haven’t read anything about that other than mobsters were members in the different country clubs and social scenes and most actors and singers interacted with them like playing golf and being at the same parties. Nothing nefarious about that. I’m sure you ignored them at your peril. If you do some research you will find Dixie, Bings first wife was an alcoholic and Bing was at his career height and away from home a lot, and when she got cancer Bing stayed close and took very good care of her. This comes from other autobiographies of people who knew them both so unbiased. Also Bings drug addict son wrote that book actually the publisher had a ghost writer help and made it a nasty tell all type book to sell copies. Later his son disavowed what was written and many prominent people came to Bings defense but once a lie is written gullible people who either don’t care and are too lazy to dig deeper believe it. Bing wasn’t a saint but he wasn’t what this guy made out or what that book portrayed. I was impressed about things I learned about Bing, inventions and abilities that aren’t widely known. Read some credible biographies and see for yourself. I came away admiring the man
I'm so glad someone has written facts rather than rumours. @AgeOfVintage should re-do this video.
Bing drank as well. He also did black face. But yea no he’s so “amazing” right?
You didn’t mention his abuse of his first 4 boys or his marriage later in life and their children
Me too.
I read GARY Crosby’s bio...several years ago. Boy...it was brutal. I am assuming his two kids from the second marriage were treated much better. Either because he changed his ways and/or his second wife made the difference.
I read it along ago
@@Melinda8162 The book was rewritten by the publishers. Gary went along with it just so he could get the money. But to answer your question, yes. The children he had with Kathryn had it much easier than the ones with Dixie.
@@Melinda8162 Three kids, 2 sons and 1 daughter,
I grew up in the 50s. Life was very traditional in those days. Behind the scenes in Hollywood, in films and real life, people put on more of a conservative facade, with a made up personna! No one is life is like that in real life.
*No one's life is.....
I feel as though he did not know who he played golf with him I think he was a good man
I think this is terrible don’t speak I’ll of the dead
I don't think Bing was ever home long enough to be a parent. Do I think he was a tyrant? Yes. Do I think he was a bad parent? Define "bad". Did he beat his sons? Compared to today's discipline being "time-out"? Yeah. He was born at the turn of the century to hardworking parents and was taught to work like hell to get what you want because nobody is going to give it to you. And before you throw stones at Bing, remember that Dixie also had a hand in raising their sons, too. She is 50% responsible for what happened in that home and whatever went down between her husband and their boys. And for the record, Gary was 20, the twins were 18, and the youngest was 14 when Dixie passed; they werent the babies the media portrayed them to be.
“Time Out” is preferable to getting the h@ll beaten out of you with a belt, yes.
I'm a big fan of Bing Crosby! I love his voice!!! A class act!!!
Apparently he was a tyrant as a father, I have read things from his children that indicate he was a very strict disciplinarian and often severely punished them.
Need abit of that today
I sang with his son Chris Crosby...his Father was brutal with him !
Him and JOAN CRAWFORD S move was card
DADDY DICK AND MOMMY DEAREST!!
@@chantepierce3530 Chris wasn't Bing's son. Geez....Chris has done a great doco piece about his uncle Bing.🙄🙄🙄
Interesting since his three younger sons from his first marriage gave defensive quotes about their father. And the eldest son was later reinterviewed and mentioned he couldn't remember stuff written because he was drunk at the time. So I find your comment puzzling...
This did not surprise me. So many of his roles had an undercurrent of "I'm better than you", and he always gave the impression that there was little acting involved in these parts. A brilliant, indeed innovative, singer, he always seemed to need to dominate those who performed with him. In several of his musical films you can see his co-stars struggling to hold their own, not technically but professionally. His role in Robin and the Seven Hoods is almost biographical, you stood in his way at your own peril.
I never liked the man and I never understood what others saw in him.
What a load of rubbish. He was talked about as being so unpretentious he allowed his costars to shine and was happy to take a backseat to his singing partners as well. He was very well known for being considerate and supportive to his fellow performers. Maybe his charisma, and yes others say he had it in bucketfuls was why he stood out in pictures. And if you watch the superstars of that time, the John Wayne's, Cary Grants they never seemed to act much because they were so natural on screen.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story
Bing Crosby was a very talented entertainer who many of us older generation were used to seeing on our TVs growing up. His son Garys book “going my own way”, painted his father in very bad light, but according to Gary his publishers wanted the facts embellished in order to sell more copies, and his siblings also denied it’s accuracy, so there you go, don’t believe everything you read.
I get the impression that a lot of the bad things mentioned in this video hit piece came from that book.
What's also not mentioned is that his first wife died, it didn't end in divorce. Bing did cause people to say "hey, wait a minute" when he then married the *much* younger actress Kathryn Grant. But then they moved to Hillsborough, had kids, and remained married until he died.
Bing Crosby was no saint. But I do question several of the more sensational gossipy stories about him.
Fantastic finally somebody who has actually read both sides and the how's and whys of his sons book. Thankyou..
Paper doesn't refuse ink
In the seventies Bing Crosby had a holiday show . One show he sang a duet with David Bowie and its very good, but a strange pairing.
David bowie had always been strange looking.
Little Drummer Boy, one of my favourite Christmas Songs & Bowie collaborations ( also the most obscure for sure ).
My dad used to call him "Bung Crisby"
Lol, that's funny.
Here's Bing Crosby in a nutshell : a Great singer , a good actor , an alcoholic and a Horrible father - but none of us are perfect ; May GOD rest his Soul 💖
Sadly, I remember Bing doing an interview and referring to his sons as “consecutive disappointments”….his philandering all over Europe, while Dixie Lee was dying of ovarian cancer, will forever stain the cassocks of Father O’Malley…
He was a contradiction!
Bing had a beautiful voice. I love his music. I grew up with it.
He certainly was an extraordinary performer.
I recently watched 1 of his Christmas special and he forced his boys to sing. The older 1s voice was changing and cracking, the other 1 just yelled. Then the older 1 was driving a golf cart & almost ran over his mom 3 times! Bing couldn't hide the anger in his eyes. Sad 😥
One very surprising thing about Bing is that he could not read a note of music.
He is so relaxed about his singing and yet, you handed him a piece of music, he needed help to learn it.
Eventually he learned the song and it was never forgotten.
Through the years he developed a "wonderful ear" and was able to learn a piece of music on the spot.
His memory must have been terrific because once he sang a song, he could come back to it many times.
His style was definitely musical, so it is a miracle that he could "do so much with so little."
My father was at a Crosby concert during the war, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. It was in July, but Bing sang "White Christmas." At one point he sang several times, "...forgot the words...forgot the words..."
In reality, he was “Daddy Dearest”, the male version of Joan Crawford!
Bing crosby was cruel to the sons of his first marriage.
Have you read all of the latest info that disprove a lot of the mistruths about Bing. And even his own son mentioned he didn't think the eldest sons book had anything to do with a daddy dearest.
@@harperstacey9604 Actually he wasn't.
It may be of interest to you that old Bing died while playing golf.
Just the way he wanted.
Golf ? Did he die of boredom ?
He was walking off the links after completing a round of golf when stricken with a heart attack.
Surprising that you did not mention that Bing's first wife, Dixie, died at age 41 of alcoholism and cancer. That their twin sons Dennis and Phillip were born with fetal alcohol syndrome. That two of their four sons, Lindsay and Phillip, eventually committed suicide. That oldest son Gary wrote a "Daddy Dearest" kind of book about their unhappy family life.
Bing Crosby was one of those people for whom their career was their deepest love. Everyone and everything else came second or third or fourth....
If his career was his biggest love then why when he was such a big star, was he not happy in his profession for a certain period. Maybe everything is not what people think.
I read that book as well.
@@mitzymoo3151 Even with what we love most, life has its ups and downs.
didnt mention much at all , waste of 15 minutes . I read somewhere that he loved smoking pot . I thought it might get mentioned , but this was a waste of time
@@fredphilippi8388 Shouldn't be judging Bing since a lot of the horrible accusations thrown at him since his passing have been shown to be untrue
I know a few more stories about his later years. His time spent in Ireland. He's best friend here is still alive
Thanks AOV😊
You forgot his movies with Bob Hope!!
Thanks so much
Bing had a relaxed and laid back style. I grew up with Bing. I thought he was great. The Road pictures are classics.
Thet were so many silly , pure escapist entertainment.
That's what happens when you pair Bing with another genius from his era: Bob Hope.
Aloha from Hawaii thanks so Much
Mel Torme' is pronounced Mel Torr-may.
I have enjoyed several of your biographies but I would make one small but important recommendation. You repeat yourself. Sometimes several times in the same biography. Your narrations are interesting enough but you keep doubling down and even tripling down on the same information. You really could use a good editor.
Like Mel Torm instead of Mel Torme.
Thanks for telling me about his secret life. It showed he was not perfect, but even in public he never showed himself as absolutely perfect. You forgot to mention his first wife became an alcoholic and that what ruined their marriage. She would die in the '40s.
Or that his son Dennis was dating his second wife when he met her. he liked them young. Dennis then dated and married the teen girl his father was dating . According to Dennis jr.
Dixie Lee died in 1952.
@@lucci2025 Dennis never dated Kathryn.
Bing's best record: Out of Nowhere (1931). check it out.
@Age of Vintage, Could you please do Spike Jones?
I cannot tarnish his soul I pray that he always remembered his Catholic faith My Mother loved him an Irish Catholic American if I am wrong God Rest his Soul I believe he was a good soul very private but hopefully a good soul
In future videos could you covered more Bob Hope and Bing’s relationship.
Have a safe weekend sir✌💙
After reading, "Going my Own Way", by Gary Crosby I cringe when I hear Bing Crosby's Christmas songs. Gary said that Bing drank thru the holidays and sent his young sons off to a ranch to work. He beat Gary with a strap when he gained weight. Bing probably hated his Christmas songs, because he made the holidays miserable for his young sons when it could have been joyful. One son said he wanted to commit suicide on Christmas just to get back at his Dad. Gary's book tells what happens when there is a unapproachable parent who believes in corporal punishment and the other parent is a alcoholic. When I hear "White Christmas", I turn the radio station (bad energy).
That's weird because I've read that Gary mentioned Bing was the only member of the family he never saw drunk and that his self discipline was unbelievable. Bing brought the ranch with the intention of getting the boys out of the phoney Hollywood lifestyle and to spend time with them. Also the value of working for money like most other people. Have you also read Gary's answers when reinterviewed years later or his reasons for writing what he did. Or that he later apologised to the Crosby family. And that comment from the other son is supposed to have come from a very questionable source. So I'd take that comment with a grain of salt. The same son mentioned how much he missed his father. Sooo🤷
If any of you have seen "Bing Crosby Rediscovered", Mary Frances brought forth old newspaper clippings of her older brother's antics. Bing may not have been a perfect parent, but his older sons gave him a fit. There were two sides to the story, and there is no such thing as a perfect family.
Bing's first wife, Dixie, was an alcoholic. Both parents failed their four boys.
Bing started Dixie's drinking. according to their family lore. And they only saw their Grandfather only to tape the christmas shows.
@@lucci2025
Alcoholics always blame someone or something for their problems.
That's why he encouraged his sons to smoke pot instead. He claimed that "alcohol killed your mother"
@@oldtoby9377say what you want about bing Crosby but he was right about weed
Hello there i just want to say to you im facinated by your english spoken tone i miss speakinf to english raised people,and the thing is i was born in argentina 1959 from english parents but now i dont find englush people to practice my language....well dear my blessings foe u from an english scottish lady.
Great video, thank you
I've always loved Bing's voice over Sinatra's. 🥰
I agree!
Mel Torm? You've got to be kidding.
Mitzymoo, Phil Spector needs a biographer, to smooth over his rougher edges. Any ideas?
It's Mel Torme (TOR may).
"Let he without sin cast the first stone..."Some of his kids liked him, others didn't. He was probably average in behaviour for his times. At least the kids weren't broke. The man stayed busy and was one of the first international stars. Say what you will. I listen to his "I Heard the Bells..." every year and that recording has done and does some good in my imperfect soul. "Peace on earth and good will towards men."
I think I heard you say he had a couple of divorces Bing Crosby was married to Dixie he dated a bunch of actresses and then he married Catherine Dixie died he didn't divorce her
Dixie died of cancer.
One of his first 4 sons adamantly opposed the accounts of abuse and brutality in Gary's "tell-all". Gary needed money for his addictions. Very little press given to his account.
It came as a surprise to many that when he died Bob Hope did not go to the funeral. In his day most successful entertainers had mob connections of some sort, especially singers so it is not a surprise that he did. It would have been a greater surprise if he had not.
Let ‘s not forget he was a addicted horse player ! Seen him many times on the n.y.c.subway on his way to Aqueduct race track !!
The real Bing Crosby was a nightmare to live with you could ask his sons two of them developed neurosis and the third one just plain committed suicide so you can imagine how it was like with him
As a child I always found Bing and Bob Hope scary and creepy. I could never watch those "Road" movies, they frightened me. I never understood why those two were popular. I'm glad you included Bing's blackface work, definitely Al Jolson inspired.
A LOT has come out about both these men and their behaviour. Geez, why do we idolize celebs so much? They portrayed themselves as above board role models while living immoral lifestyles.
@@lesleysimpson5793 What did Bing do that was so immoral????
It’s so funny you said that because that’s exactly how I feel about them too, especially Bob Hope. I read “Thanks for the Memories” by Brice Taylor, and she was horrifically abused at his hands. He was a handler for the CIA, and very much involved in MK Ultra. He pimped out little girls to his cronies and political pals. Your instincts were right.
LIKED HID SINGING, NOT HIS MOVIES, BUT A FEW
Did the narrator actually say MEL TORM.
Aloha from Hawaii
Bing loved golf.
A man with options, no surprise
GREAT SINGER---PeRIOD
It seems he was a jerk to his four sons and that the second family has a muzzle on that if they write a Joan Crawford type mommie dearest book they will lose their trust inheritance. He seems to be the oposite if what he portrayed on the screen. He dropped dead on a golf course in Spain after playing a round of golf worth 75 million at death.
I was in middle school and remember the day his evil ass dropped dead.. The world becamse a little bit better that day.
His children were his worst detractors.
His contributed significantly to prerecording radio and TV shows.
His granddaughter Denise claims she never met him. Mind-boggling, if true.
Just a correction - people state that Bing was jailed in 1930 on charges of drink driving which is not true. It was prohibition in the US during this time and he was jailed for DRINKING. The judge said to him "it states you've been drinking" Bing replied yes. The judge said "don't you know there is a prohibition law in affect" to which Bing replied, "yes but nobody pays any attention to it". The judge then said "well you'll have 30 days to pay attention to it". Also there was a statement made that he was jailed at 16 for drink driving? This is not correct - not sure where you get your information from. You state he signed a recording contract with Mack Sennett - again this is not true. He signed a contract with Sennett to make 6 short films - that was it. No recording contract. Also the statements about mob figures are more in line with Sinatra not Crosby. Whilst Bing did meet gangsters when going to speakeasys in the 20's and played golf with one of them he was definitely not in association with them and did not have the sleazy gambling exchanges with them as you state. He loved a gamble and owned many race horses and co-owned Del Mar race track but he could afford that - good on him. Not very informative overall and too many false statements - I recommend more detailed research.
Crazy. A "recording" contract with Mack Sennett? "Failed marriages"???
I think we should
he was nothing like he was portrayed by Hollywood not surprising considering Gary Crosby's book about how his father really was.
The honorary mayor of Elko Nevada. He was also a wonderful father, constantly beating the crap out of his sons, for the things they ‘may’ have done, while he was away, finally driving one of them to suicide….
There’s a special place in hell for fathers like this…
You forget about Joan Crawford!
@@arthurgearheard4701
Most actors are a little crazy. Some are completely psychotic.
Playing make believe as an occupation requires it…
I’ve dated some actresses, most of them were nuttier than aunt Bedilia’s fruitcake…
Oh your talking about Gary Crosby no, he became a acholic and had a semi successful acting career and felt there was no way to make his abusive father happy no matter how hard he tried . Gary was great character actor I remember him as the recurring character Ed Wells on the old Adam 12 tv series , Dragnet, Emergency (sensing a theme here all Jack Webb productions) and original Twilight Zone. He died you form lung cancer and complications from years of alcohol abuse but at the time of Gary's death he was sober. Which Crosby child committed suicide ?
@Trinacria Nelcuore thanks for the correction
@Trinacria Nelcuore l knew people that knew him in Elko Nevada. He was hammered just about every time they saw him.
He owned a ranch out that way in the 40’s. They said he was a Jekyll and Hyde character…
Did Elvis Presley become the biggest selling recording artist in history?
No, it was Michael Jackson.
Yes! Elvis Presley is/ was the King 👑💕💋
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Mel Tor-May, not Mel Torm.
Most stars are not exactly as we see them on the screen, and Bing Crosby was no exception. If you dig deep enough into anyone's background you're bound to find a little dirt. Stardom and money have their effects, often not good ones.
I like his music
Pronounced Mel Tore-may, not Torm.
You missed out the cruelty he dealt out to his kids, he was a horrible man, undeserving of the praise heaped on him
Venge , You surprise me with your comment because when I was young some of my friends were coming out of the Church they had just been married in and Bing Crosby joined the couple . He stood behind them in the wedding photographs and even sang a song for us as well as giving autographs . This was in the early 1970s .
Derr Bingle.
Bing was the "FATHER FROM HELL". He was colder to his children than Henry Fonda!
I’ve heard that too.
@@Z-hillsGranny His son committed suicide because of his treatment!
I read GARY Crosby’s bio.....brutal. He was much mellower with his second marriage. He treated those children with his second wife much different!
Jane the Commie that is why...
I wish I could find an accurate account of Henry Fonda’s life. All I can ever find is the whitewashed depictions
Aloha
This is a good short story, but I suggest that it be expanded greatly. You tease too many facts that need to be explained further. I've heard from various sources of BC's life that you glossed over. This needs a redo my friend.
Mel Tormmm narrator said. Who that???
So much error both in the video and the comments.
TMI
That's pronounced Mel torMAY , not Mel Torm. Mel Torme, the Velvet Fog lol
Years ago I knew an elderly woman who met Bing while he was appearing in Cincinnati. They were together the whole time he was there and when he was leaving he asked her to come with him. Her mother said not without a ring on your finger. Bing was up for a fling but not a ring.
He was a nasty SOB
He was a prick. If things didn't go right he would take it out on his family.
Mel Torme
Torme is pronounced Tore-may.
That's all right he didn't pronounce Gonzaga or spoken correctly
Spokane
Scandalous! He hated Jerry Lewis!
Frank Sinatra hated Jerry Lewis, too.
Dean Martin hated Jerry Lewis.
His first wife (her name escapes me) hated him too.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker They say Jerry Lewis was really mean. Of course, the same has been said about Bing and Frank.
Who didn't..jerry was such a jerk..i know believe me
@@Bigbadwhitecracker I don’t think that’s true. Dean and Jerry had a professional fallout, but, Dean and him ‘made up’ on Jerry’s MD telethon that Frank arranged. He didn’t hate him. They just couldn’t work together.
Crosby was a mean drunk according to his sons. I really don't know why you omitted so much of Crosby's life. Bad job on your part.
Some people are good at acting it was a great senior okay actor but I think to his children it was a creep and that's too bad
You included a racist image (him in black face) of the artist with no commentary. Similar to not mentioning his abusive domestic behavior seems like it should at the very least be addressed.
Maybe, but you have to take into account the time in which Bing appeared in black face. It wasn't consodered offensive back then. A good many white male stars did likewise, and even much later the BBC ran The Black and White Minstrel Show. I am not condoning what Bing and others did, merely pointing out the cultural shift.
Jesus. The content is good, but all the repetition and jumping around in time is maddening. Think I'm going to have to say goodbye. It's just too annoying. Tell it straight.
Thanks again!
He was a rotten person. Treated his poor sons from his first marriage terrible
In his will, it said that bing's sons from his first marriage can inherit his money if they can make it to age 80. None of his sons made it to 80. Two of his sons committed suicide.
His sons became drunks and killed themselves
Why do you constantly repeat yourself? I like your posting but I always leave annoyed. Please get better writing. Your content is great, please stop repeating yourself.