Nice story. I knew nothing about Elmer Voight until just now.
I’d always assumed that Jon was a first generation Swedish or Norweigian, and his immediate family chose to keep a low profile. So one of Jon’s brother’s wrote “Wild Thang”? Wow.
My guess is Angelina J. does not acknowledge this side of the family at all. She seems to thrive on her feuds. Angelina only just resumed speaking to her dad a few years ago after decades of pretending he wasn’t there.
A lot I didn’t know either. I think I was vaguely familiar with his dad being a golfer and one of his brothers a geologist.
Didn’t know about the Wild Thing song.
“I knew nothing about Elmer Voight until just now.”
This Saturday night, Fox News should show the re-run of last Saturday’s, “Life, Liberty and Levin”. Jon Voight was Levin’s guest for the whole hour. The segment when Jon spoke of his father was, to me, the best part of the show. Very touching. I think the interview can be seen on Youtube, too. Not sure.