Overview
- Clips from David Vernon’s appearance on Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia resurfaced Nov. 30 and were widely reported this week by outlets including People, Hello!, the New York Post and The Independent.
- David said Jackie Vernon had at least three prior marriages and other families, asserting that some sons were named Ralph after his birth name, Ralph Verrone.
- He recounted learning of the past when a woman and an older boy came to the family home, after which his mother disclosed earlier marriages.
- He described his father’s depression and reliance on tranquilizers such as Quaaludes and Valium, saying the struggle took a heavy toll.
- Jackie Vernon voiced Frosty the Snowman in the 1969 special and the 1976 and 1979 follow‑ups, and, according to David, he later took pride in that legacy before dying in 1987 at age 63.