How many of his kids killed themselves out of depression and booze addiction? They were miserable...he left them zip in his will until they would reach their 80th birthday? If they managed to live that long? I have read a few accounts from family members that describe him as being ruthless, uncaring, cold, distant, beyond strict, and cruel with his mouth...verbally abusive wouldn't begin to describe what he said and was quoted over the years.
Oddly enough..a lot of it mimic's what Joan Crawford's life was told as..by her children.
Yep. I've read all of that too. And if you dig a little deeper, as I have, you'll find it's a load of bull about the abuse. It made a good MSM story while it lasted though.