AUGUST 16, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
August 16 is … Bratwurst Festival
And speaking of a great weenie, Ruth Madoff has cut ties with her husband of 52 years. She has to remember him. He is the guy that made her wealthy beyond her wildest dreams. She has given much of the money to the feds to repay bilked investors but only lawyers are getting paid so far. Bernie’s kids have also cut him off but have not given up their riches either. None of the Madoffs will ever be poor. Thanks dad but go to hell.
Ruth Madoff, who stood by her disgraced husband Bernie despite his $65 billion Ponzi scheme and 150-year prison sentence, is cutting ties to him now in an attempt to reconcile with her estranged family, according to a new report.
Madoff biographer Diana Henriques told London's The Express that Ruth hasn't visited Bernie--her husband of 52 years--since their eldest son Mark's suicide in December 2010. After Mark's death, his grieving widow prohibited Ruth from attending his memorial service in Connecticut. Ruth remains estranged from her other son, Andrew,
as well.
Ruth infuriated her family when she stood by Bernie after he was beaten in prison in 2009. She had initially aligned with her sons, who gave her an ultimatum when the Ponzi scheme was exposed in 2008: him or us.
"Ruth has not seen Bernie since Mark's suicide, and I think the remnants of the family will now pull together," Henriques told The Express. "Ruth visiting him in prison was a major impediment to her being reconciled with them.” In a CBS "Early Show" interview Monday morning, Henriques--the first reporter to interview Madoff in prison and the author of "Bernard Madoff, The Wizard of Lies"--revealed that Bernie wants Ruth to move on.
"Bernie wants Ruth to do whatever she must to rebuild her life, even at the expense of their obviously limited time together. He cares very much about her, and I think wants her to have the comfort of her family in the years to come," she told Chris Wragge.
But is reconciling with her son and grandchildren possible? "We're going to see," Henriques said. "I'm encouraged by the sources that I hear that there are good signs of reconciliation."
1948 Babe Ruth Baseball legend, dies in NY at 53.
1977 Elvis Presley dies of heart ailment at Graceland at 42.
1977 Elvis Presley dies of heart ailment at Graceland at 42.
1991 Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure.
The great ones always die in threes. The death of Elvis sent many people to the end of Lonely Street, right to the Heartbreak Hotel because they were All Shook Up, when they couldn’t find a partner, they used a wooden chair. Many people have never gotten over the fact Elvis was Returned to Sender.
Elvis Presley was rushed from Graceland to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on this day in 1977. Doctors’ efforts to revive him were fruitless and he was pronounced dead (coronary arrhythmia) at 3:30 p.m. He was 42 years old. Thousands of mourning fans kept a vigil outside Graceland, the home of the King of Rock and Roll, for three days before his burial. Thousands more lined the streets of Presley’s hometown on the day of his funeral.
The city, the nation, the music world and fans from around the world were in shock over his passing. Even to this day, some say that Elvis didn’t die -- he just wanted to get away from it all. Fans from all over have reported sightings of Elvis -- from a hamburger joint in Kalamazoo, MI, to California.
Elvis had an unprecedented 107 hits on the pop music charts and an unprecedented number of fans. His first hit was Heartbreak Hotel in 1956 and his last, one of two RCA hits released after his death, was Guitar Man in 1981. Presley had 28 gold records, 12 number one songs and 38 top-ten hits.
Presley is buried at Graceland, now a major tourist attraction.
We remember him well. We miss him a bunch.
Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too or at least think about.
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