i hope so. larry: you write about a tragedy, that accident. explain that. i m going to read a little. okay. larry: by the way, you can read from the book too. would you was he your boyfriend? no, mike douglas was my very good friend. larry: mike douglas? i had known him most of my life. we had known each other our families had been acquaintances, and i had old movies when we were really young children with mike in it. and then we had been great friends through high school, talked on the phone almost every night. i was just driving with a friend to a drive-in movie, and we re on a very dark and two-lane road, which is now the big loop, the big freeway that circles midland. and it ends in a highway, big spring highway, which also was probably two-lane at the time. larry: and here is the way you write. i was in the intersection, and immediately in front of me was another car. it came rushing out of the darkness, and i was right upon
my mother will be 91 in july. and she is doing great, and she is still in midland. larry: probably watching. i hope so. larry: you write about a tragedy, that accident. explain that. i m going to read a little. okay. larry: by the way, you can read from the book too. okay. good, great. larry: would you was he your boyfriend? no, mike douglas was my very good friend. larry: mike douglas? i had known him most of my life. we had known each other our families had been acquaintances, and i have actually old movies from when we were really young children, with mike in it. and then we had been great friends through high school, talked on the phone almost every night. i was just driving with a friend to a drive-in movie, and we re on a very dark and two-lane road, which is now the big loop, the big freeway that circles midland. and it ends in a highway, big spring highway, which also was probably two-lane at the time. larry: and here is the way you write. i was in th
my first little brother. and that s my first memory, is looking through a nursery glass window at little western clinic in midland. i don t remember seeing a baby. i just remember this big window that was actually inside a building, and knowing that my little brother was there. larry: is there a grave? he is just buried with the other babies, the other premature babies in midland at a cemetery. larry: what was it like for a little girl? well, it was sad. and then when i was 8 my mother had another pregnancy, and when i was 13, she had another one. so i knew always that that was their big sadness, they didn t get to keep those three other babies and have a big family of four children and so it was for me, too. i wanted all those brothers and sifters. larry: but it was a overall happy childhood? very happy. very stable, loving parents that were funny and fun and great to be with. and, you know, i knew always, i ve always known what an advantage that is, to have parents who we
larry: how old were you? i was two when my mother lost the second her second child, my first little brother. and that s my first memory is looking through a nursery glass window at little western clinic in midland. i don t remember seeing a baby. i just remember this big window that was actually inside a building, and knowing that my little brother was there. larry: is there a grave? he is just buried with the other babies, the other premature babies in midland at a cemetery. larry: what was it like for a little girl? well, it was sad. and then when i was eight my mother had another pregnancy, and when i was 13, she had another one. so i knew always that that was their big sadness, they didn t get to keep those three other babies and have a big family of three or four children. so it was for me too. i wanted all those brothers and sisters. larry: but it was a overall happy childhood? very happy. very stable, loving parents that were funny and fun and great to be with.
to come home from the oval office. we are fortunate to have lots of friends and family. we have marvin bush, and his wife, margaret lived close to us and george s sister and her husband, bobby, lived very close to us. so we saw them a lot. we have the same friends from having grown up in midland larry: that s nice. and all our years of marriage. larry: you are high school friends. what do you miss the most about it? the trapings? i ve been laughing and saying the chef. but i miss the beautiful house. i miss the people that work there. the butlers and the ushers and everyone you get to know really well. also, eight years is a, you know, a long time to live in that beautiful house. i m happy with my new, private line in dallas. larry: by the way, time for another of our top larry king live s moments. tonight s pick involves