[Clemenza]

My mother was a young woman, 20 years old, working at the Hertz reservation desk at Newark airport. Gordon came to the desk to get his car. When he found out that the car he asked for was not available, he grabbed my mother and started shaking her. Three burly security guards had to pull him off.

That's real macho for a Canuck. He was just lucky that my grandfather wasn't around to kick his a-s.

[rlmorel]

gahh. Typical celebrity. He was probably in detox...

[Senator Bedfellow]

Well, isn't that special? I always had him pegged as a wuss, but now I guess I'll upgrade that to full-on jackass ;)

[apackof2]

Oh I am sorry to hear that, sounds like he had an anger mangement and/or emtional problems

[Bommer]

he grabbed my mother and started shaking her. Three burly security guards had to pull him off.

...and your mom did not have him arrested for assault or sued? Yeah right!

[somemoreequalthanothers]

A colleague of mine at work about fifteen years ago was part of a circle of friends that were guitar players in central PA, apparrently Gordon had spent some time in that area years ago and used to play with them. They said he spent time in and out of aylums.
Another Fitzgerald connection, one of our crane operators has a brother who is a Navy diver. He was on a crew that dove on the Fitz, supposedly had a video shot of it that I was going to get to see, but it never materialized.

[Godebert]

"My mother was a young woman, 20 years old, working at the Hertz reservation desk at Newark airport. Gordon came to the desk to get his car. When he found out that the car he asked for was not available, he grabbed my mother and started shaking her. "

I can picture Lightfoot saying "You know how to TAKE the reservation.....you just don't know how to HOLD the reservation.......and that's the most important part".