The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (136 page)

 
19
.
New York Times Magazine,
May 30, 1999.

 
20
. Ibid.

 
21
.
Lake Today,
December 1998.

 
22
. Interview with Gerry Rittenberg, October 31, 2012.

 
23
. The SunTrust loan was secured by an investment account that Ted
maintained at the bank valued at about $740,000. (This information was revealed in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Ted Williams against SunTrust Bank in March 2002.)

 
24
. Interview with telecom sales representative who declined to be identified, August 8, 2005; February 3, 2006; and November 13, 2012.

 
25
.
Boston Globe,
June 12, 1999.

 
26
. Interview with Tommy Lasorda, April 6, 2005, and December 19, 2005.

 
27
. Interview with Nelson Doubleday Jr., January 10, 2006.

 
28
. Interview with Peter Sutton, November 19, 2012.

 
29
.
Boston Globe,
July 10, 1999.

 
30
.
Boston Globe,
July 12, 1999.

 
31
. Interview with Jack Gard, January 11, 2003.

 
32
.
St. Petersburg Times,
July 16, 2002.

 
33
. Interview with Dave McCarthy, November 19, 2012.

 
34
.
Boston Herald,
July 14, 1999.

 
35
. Peter Sutton e-mail to the author, September 20, 2006.

Chapter 30: Spiraling

 
1
.
Boston Globe,
March 25, 1998.

 
2
. Interview with John Underwood, April 14, 2003.

 
3
. Interview with Charles Magill, January 21, 2005, and November 27, 2012.

 
4
. Interview with Rich Eschen, January 9, 2003.

 
5
. HBO’s
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,
June 23, 2003.

 
6
. Interview with Tommy Lasorda, April 6, 2005, and December 19, 2005.

 
7
.
Vero Beach Press Journal,
March 4, 2000.

 
8
. Interview with Dominic DiMaggio, October 2, 2002. (DiMaggio died in 2009.)

 
9
.
Life,
February 2000.

 
10
.
Palm Beach Post,
July 11, 2000, and June 6, 2004.

 
11
. Interview with Ted Taylor, February 3, 2005.

 
12
. Interview with Frank Brothers, March 27, 2006.

 
13
. Interview with John Sullivan, January 7, 2003.

 
14
. Interview with Mary Dluhy, March 28, 2006.

 
15
. Interview with George Carter, January 6, 2003.

 
16
.
St. Petersburg Times,
August 13, 2000.

 
17
. Interview with John Harrington, May 21, 2003.

 
18
.
Boston Globe,
October 12, 2000.

 
19
. Interview with Frank Brothers, March 27, 2006.

 
20
. Interview with Donna Fleischmann, January 9, 2003.

 
21
. Interview with Dominic DiMaggio, October 2, 2002.

 
22
. Interview with Eric Abel, January 7, 2003; August 10, 2005; and June 29, 2006.

 
23
. Interview with Nancy Carmichael, January 28, 2006.

 
24
. Interview with Debbie Erb, April 5, 2006.

 
25
. Interview with Becky Vaughn, April 5, 2006; April 6, 2006; June 27, 2006; and June 28, 2006.

 
26
. Ibid.

Chapter 31: Alcor

 
1
.
Boston Globe,
January 14, 2001, and January 15, 2001.

 
2
. Interview with Francine Dawn Hebding, November 19, 2002.

 
3
. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.

 
4
. Interview with Eleanor Diamond, December 21, 2005.

 
5
. Interview with Peter Sutton, June 11, 2003, and August 24, 2004.

 
6
. Interview with Robert Ettinger, May 17, 2006. (Ettinger died on July 23, 2001. He was ninety-two.)

 
7
.
Lowell Sun,
July 12, 2002.

 
8
. Interview with cryonicist and Alcor member David Hayes, May 15, 2006.

 
9
. Interview with Bill Haworth, February 7, 2006. (Alcor hired Haworth to do its public relations from 2002 to 2003.)

 
10
. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell and Mark Ferrell, July 20, 2004.

 
11
. Interview with Al Cassidy, January 10, 2003.

 
12
. Interview with Eric Abel, January 7, 2003; August 10, 2005; and June 29, 2006, and interview with Mark Ferrell, July 20, 2004.

Chapter 32: Foreboding

 
1
. Letter from Jerry Lemler to John-Henry Williams, June 12, 2001.

 
2
. Interview with Dr. Allan Goodman, May 20, 2005.

 
3
. Interview with Dick Flavin, December 24, 2012.

 
4
.
Boston Herald,
June 26, 2002.

 
5
. Interview with Steve Connolly, February 9, 2006.

 
6
. Interview with Lee Howard, October 10, 2002. (Howard died on August 31, 2011. She was eighty-eight.)

 
7
. Interview with Isabel Gilmore, June 10, 2004. (Gilmore died on March 28, 2010. She was eighty-four.)

 
8
. Interview with Jenna Bernreuter, February 24, 2006.

 
9
. Interview with Bill Haworth, February 7, 2006.

 
10
. Interview with David Hayes, May 15, 2006.

 
11
. Interview with Steve Brown, November 12, 2004.

 
12
. Interview with Virginia Hiley-Self, November 11, 2005.

 
13
. Interview with Donna Van Tassel, November 12, 2005.

 
14
.
Boston Globe,
February 18, 2002.

 
15
. Interview with Steve Ferroli, November 9, 2005.

 
16
. John Henry e-mail to the author, March 8, 2005.

 
17
. Interview with Larry Lucchino, February 27, 2005.

 
18
.
Boston Globe,
June 23, 2002.

 
19
.
Boston Herald,
June 26, 2002.

 
20
.
Boston Globe,
June 27, 2002.

 
21
.
Ft. Myers News-Press,
June 28, 2002.

 
22
.
Boston Herald,
July 3, 2002.

 
23
. Both the friend and the caretaker declined to be quoted by name.

 
24
. Interview with Billy Reedy, July 21, 2004; August 3, 2004; and September 10, 2004. (Reedy died of cancer in 2009.)

 
25
. Interview with Daisy Bisz, January 17, 2003; May 8, 2004; May 10, 2004; and May 21, 2004. (Bisz died in 2007 at ninety-seven.)

 
26
. Interview with John Burgess, August 15, 2005.

 
27
. Interview with Mike Glenn, August 15, 2005, and August 16, 2005.

 
28
. During the course of ten interviews with the author over four years from 2002 to 2006, Bob Breitbard became increasingly reluctant to talk about John-Henry, and then flatly refused to discuss young Williams further. He said he was wary of revealing details that could make waves and be the subject of litigation. Asked in 2006 about his conversations with Burgess and Glenn regarding Ted’s desire for a lawyer, Breitbard, then eighty-seven, said he did not recall Burgess and Glenn. (Breitbard died in 2010 at ninety-one.)

 
29
.
Sporting News,
July 29, 2002.

Chapter 33: July 5, 2002

 
1
. Interview with John Butcher, October 27, 2005.

 
2
. Interview with Kathleen Rolfingsmeier, February 9, 2006.

 
3
. Interview with Mark Ferrell, May 5, 2004.

 
4
. Interview with Dwight Hooper, February 9, 2006.

 
5
. Interview with Jenna Bernreuter, February 24, 2006.

 
6
. Interview with John Heer, September 12, 2006.

 
7
. Interview with Claudia Williams, March 29, 2006.

 
8
. Interview with Teresa Fletcher, September 25, 2006.

 
9
. Interview with Beth Daley, June 27, 2006, and Daley e-mail to the author, July 20, 2006.

 
10
. Interview with Eric Abel, January 7, 2003; August 10, 2005; and June 29, 2006.

 
11
. Interview with Al Cassidy, January 10, 2003.

 
12
. Interview with Tom Brown, April 27, 2006.

Chapter 34: The Pact

 
1
. Associated Press, July 6, 2002.

 
2
.
Boston Globe,
July 7, 2002.

 
3
.
Chicago Tribune,
July 22, 2002.

 
4
.
Sporting News,
July 22, 2002.

 
5
. Interview with Bill Haworth, February 7, 2006.

 
6
. Interview with Claudia Williams, July 19, 2004.

 
7
.
Boston Globe,
July 26, 2002.

 
8
. John Heer e-mail to the author, May 12, 2006.

 
9
. Interview with Frank Brothers, March 27, 2006.

 
10
. Interview with Richard Kerensky, May 3, 2006.

 
11
. Interview with Eric Abel, January 7, 2003; August 10, 2005; and June 29, 2006.

 
12
. Interview with Claudia Williams, July 19, 2004; March 30, 2005; and March 30, 2006.

 
13
. Interview with Jenna Bernreuter, February 24, 2006.

 
14
.
Boston Globe,
September 25, 2002.

 
15
. Interview with Bob Costas, December 20, 2005.

Epilogue

 
1
. Interview with Lisa Martin, May 20, 2005.

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