few abortions in spring lake, north carolina, or an affair with larry king in the 60s. renee was preceded in death by her ex-boyfriend larry. what is the deal on larry king? listen, i m here to find out. we ve got time. this is your hour. let s get to the bottom of this. there are actually receipts in my family, which is a sprawling family, you know, five boys and a girl, and my mom ran around a lot in miami in the early 60s, late 50s and early 60s, and she ran around with, you know, with the bad boys, and guess what larry king was. he was kind of a, you know, a dirt bag. i think everybody knows his early days were not golden years. okay, in a good way. if there is such a thing. well well, maybe the story is he stole some money from my mom s parents and that that s oh, jesus. hang on a second. he s not here to defend himself. here s what your mom was great at. dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, dirty jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and
not to be found. she played cards like a shark, bold and played cribbage like a pro, and laughed with the boys until the wee hours, long after the last pin dropped. at one point in the 1980s, renee was the 11th or 12th ranked woman in cribbage in america, and while that could be a lie it sounds good in print she also told me she came up for a name for sunoco. she left me nothing but these lousy memories which i and my family of five brothers and my sister-in-laws, nephews, nieces, larry king s children who i guess i might be one of, the total strangers who all to a person loved and will cherish her forever. andy coren joins me now. andy, i love it. and my hunch is, she would have loved it, am i right? first of all, it s such an