Overview
- David Vernon says his father had at least three marriages before Hazel in 1958 that were unknown to their family.
- He recounts discovering the earlier families after a woman and her teenage son visited their Los Angeles home, prompting a tense conversation with his mother.
- According to David, Jackie Vernon fathered sons in those relationships and named them Ralph after his birth name, Ralph Verrone.
- David says Jackie abandoned those families and that his mother was unsure whether he had divorced one woman or legally married another.
- He describes his father’s depression and dependence on Quaaludes and Valium, and says Jackie later grew proud of his Frosty role after initially dismissing it; Vernon died in 1987 at age 63.