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We were poor. We had problems when my brother
and I were boys growing up that seemed insurmountable
to young boys at the time. [Walters] You mean your father? Yes. A lot has been made
of Jack's drinking and that he was an alcoholic. My father kind of pushed
that story a bit himself. Jack's drinking didn't
sit well with Nelly. She would give him
hell about this. I've heard him talk about Christmases where the
little money that they had would go to alcohol. He tells some very
poignant stories about going out to find his
father in the snow in the early morning and pulling him back into
the house unconscious. - [wind whooshing]
- soft music
and I were boys growing up that seemed insurmountable
to young boys at the time. [Walters] You mean your father? Yes. A lot has been made
of Jack's drinking and that he was an alcoholic. My father kind of pushed
that story a bit himself. Jack's drinking didn't
sit well with Nelly. She would give him
hell about this. I've heard him talk about Christmases where the
little money that they had would go to alcohol. He tells some very
poignant stories about going out to find his
father in the snow in the early morning and pulling him back into
the house unconscious. - [wind whooshing]
- soft music
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We were poor.
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We had problems when my brother
and I were boys growing up
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that seemed insurmountable
to young boys at the time.
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[Walters] You mean your father?
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Yes.
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A lot has been made
of Jack's drinking
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and that he was an alcoholic.
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My father kind of pushed
that story a bit himself.
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Jack's drinking didn't
sit well with Nelly.
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She would give him
hell about this.
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I've heard him talk about
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Christmases where the
little money that they had
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would go to alcohol.
00:00:39.663 --> 00:00:41.582
He tells some very
poignant stories about
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going out to find his
father in the snow
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in the early morning
00:00:47.999 --> 00:00:49.034
and pulling him back into
the house unconscious.
00:00:51.967 --> 00:00:56.722
- [wind whooshing]
- soft music
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