And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Hey thanks! While I detest seeing the spouses of the "(in)famous" people of today, but going way back, it's kinda cool to see the people that put up with, and endured life with, their famous counterparts.
Anne Battler was Lou's only wife, married in 1934. She bore three daughters and a son, though the sun tragically died in an infant drowning. Anne remained married to Lou's death in 1959. She herself died months later.
Famous people deal with the same crap that everyone does they just have more money to waste on houses too big and costly to live in, cars that also cost too much, too much money does not bring happiness it leads to a destructive behavior that is also costly.
As Rastapopoulos wrote, Lou and Anne married and stayed married. But their marriage soured after their baby son drowned in their swimming pool in 1943. Lou blamed Anne for the baby's death, believing that she'd been careless in keeping an eye on him, or that she'd been talking on the phone and failing to pay attention to the little one. Some sources say he blamed a nanny for Lou Jr.'s death. His marriage became a sort of cold war, and Lou was never the same man.. His spending habits became a problem. Abbott & Costello didn't earn as much as fans might have assumed, and their show business peak didn't last as l long as they might have preferred. Nevertheless, they starred in their own radio program (in which Lou insisted on performing the day his son died), a television program, and a number of movies, several of which were extremely popular.. The Costellos moved house a number of times, always to a smaller, less expensive home. Still, their money problems continued. Anne was said to be extravagant in spending. As an aside, Bud Abbott had his own problems, divorce and money troubles among them. By the 1950s, both Abbott and Costello had IRS problems, too, and Lou had been sickened by rheumatic fever at least twice. Lou died in March 1959, and Anne died in December of the same year.
Nothing like wealth and fame for attracting the ladies!
ReplyDeleteHey thanks! While I detest seeing the spouses of the "(in)famous" people of today, but going way back, it's kinda cool to see the people that put up with, and endured life with, their famous counterparts.
ReplyDeleteCostello looks like he knows what y'all are thinking.
ReplyDeleteAnne Battler was Lou's only wife, married in 1934. She bore three daughters and a son, though the sun tragically died in an infant drowning. Anne remained married to Lou's death in 1959. She herself died months later.
ReplyDeleteFamous people deal with the same crap that everyone does they just have more money to waste on houses too big and costly to live in, cars that also cost too much, too much money does not bring happiness it leads to a destructive behavior that is also costly.
ReplyDeleteAs Rastapopoulos wrote, Lou and Anne married and stayed married. But their marriage soured after their baby son drowned in their swimming pool in 1943. Lou blamed Anne for the baby's death, believing that she'd been careless in keeping an eye on him, or that she'd been talking on the phone and failing to pay attention to the little one. Some sources say he blamed a nanny for Lou Jr.'s death. His marriage became a sort of cold war, and Lou was never the same man.. His spending habits became a problem. Abbott & Costello didn't earn as much as fans might have assumed, and their show business peak didn't last as l long as they might have preferred. Nevertheless, they starred in their own radio program (in which Lou insisted on performing the day his son died), a television program, and a number of movies, several of which were extremely popular.. The Costellos moved house a number of times, always to a smaller, less expensive home. Still, their money problems continued. Anne was said to be extravagant in spending. As an aside, Bud Abbott had his own problems, divorce and money troubles among them. By the 1950s, both Abbott and Costello had IRS problems, too, and Lou had been sickened by rheumatic fever at least twice. Lou died in March 1959, and Anne died in December of the same year.
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