Funny, I never would have taken Mr. Spelling for a Texan.
Although I can't find this by Googling, I swear that I heard a Paul Harvey
"Rest Of The Story" he did on Spelling maybe 10 years ago.
IIRC, he came home to DFW on leave from the Army Air Force and as soon
as his mom opened the door and saw him, she immediately fainted and
dropped to the ground.
Turned out that she'd receieved a War Department telegram saying that Aaron
had been killed.
(I can't remember if he'd missed a flight on a plane that was lost in combat
or if it was just a military miscommunication)