It is sad sad. Alcoholism is deadly. Didn’t George McGovern’s daughter freeze to death outside her home while drunk? As a parent I feel for the Koppels and anyone else who has lost a child. It is absolutely shocking how many of these famous people have children who meet tragic fates.
For instance, in the wake of his passing, I was reading
Art Linkletter's Wikipedia entry the other day, when I noticed that he had had a daughter who committed suicide.
And Linkletter was a very conservative Republican.