I agree TIS...losing a son or daughter is the worst thing that can happen. Whether it was a blessing or not, Big Russ apparently had some form of dementia or Alzheimers at the time Tim Russert died, and I read someplace that he may not have fully comprehended it all.

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."