josh mankiewicz: russell s brother, matt, was the last to know. he, too, had been out of cell phone range for several days, while vacationing in british columbia. we drove across the border in our friend s vehicle and my phone had a seizure. it started buzzing for every voicemail message and text message that had been sent. and it s, matt call, call me, matt call me, matt call me. josh mankiewicz: within days of his death, russell douglas far flung family reunited on whidbey island. we rallied around brenna. we re sleeping on the floor in the living room. she stayed in her bedroom a lot. she definitely was, like, sad. nothing seemed to be getting done. and so i kind of ended up taking over the organization of the house, what do we do for meals. josh mankiewicz: russel douglas had left behind a lot of unfinished business. the oldest of three children born to jim and gail before they divorced, russell had been a late bloomer.
matt, was the last to know. he, too, had been out of cell phone range for several days, while vacationing in british columbia. we drove across the border in our friend s vehicle and my phone had a seizure. it started buzzing for every voicemail message and text message that had been sent. and it s, matt call, call me, matt call me, matt call me. josh mankiewicz: within days of his death, russell douglas far flung family reunited on whidbey island. we rallied around brenna. we re sleeping on the floor in the living room. she stayed in her bedroom a lot. she definitely was, like, sad. nothing seemed to be getting done. and so i kind of ended up taking over the organization of the house, what do we do for meals. josh mankiewicz: russel douglas had left behind a lot of unfinished business. the oldest of three children born to jim and gail before they divorced, russell had been a late bloomer.
josh mankiewicz: russell s brother, matt, was the last to know. he, too, had been out of cell phone range for several days, while vacationing in british columbia. we drove across the border in our friend s vehicle and my phone had a seizure. it started buzzing for every voicemail message and text message that had been sent. and it s, matt call, call me, matt call me, matt call me. josh mankiewicz: within days of his death, russell douglas far flung family reunited on whidbey island. we rallied around brenna. we re sleeping on the floor in the living room. she stayed in her bedroom a lot. she definitely was, like, sad. nothing seemed to be getting done. and so i kind of ended up taking over the organization of the house, what do we do for meals. josh mankiewicz: russel douglas had left behind a lot of unfinished business. the oldest of three children born to jim and gail before they divorced, russell had been a late bloomer.
i needed to get over to the island for brenna and the kids. josh mankiewicz: an alaskan bush pilot delivered the news in person to russell s father, jim who was in the wilderness hunting and unreachable by phone. he said, your son s dead. and i had to say, of course, which one? and, russell and i mean, he didn t know a whole lot about anything other than he knew it was important to get me out of there. josh mankiewicz: russell s brother, matt, was the last to know. he, too, had been out of cell phone range for several days, while vacationing in british columbia. we drove across the border in our friend s vehicle and my phone had a seizure. it started buzzing for every voicemail message and text message that had been sent. and it s, matt call, call me, matt call me, matt call me. josh mankiewicz: within days of his death, russell douglas far flung family reunited on whidbey island. we rallied around brenna.