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...morning foray against the smallmouth bass of Wisconsin. The kid stuffs his face and observes: "Gee, Dad, this is the life, isn't it? Fishing and eating in saloons." A quarter of a century later he takes another tyke fishing, this time on Martha's Vineyard. "Grandpa," the boy asks, "did you grow old or were you made old?" These volumes provide the answer. He grew old gracefully and, like every other superstar, made everyone who watched him feel young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sporting Life | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

Currently in the middle of divorce proceedings with his second wife, he has remained close to his daughter Kelly Ann, 29, and son Billy Joe, 17. There is another generation, a granddaughter Evie, 2. "She calls me 'Grandpa,' " Martin says with uncharacteristic softness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happy Playing Billyball | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Well, George, who's known as "Grandpa Tiger" back in Chicago, decided that Ernie would best be able to serve as sort of a goodwill ambassador to make everybody who came to watch happy during the boring parts...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: An Abased Ballgame | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

Apparently in good health, Kevin had gained two pounds, although he reported thai some of the other hostages had lost weight. "He wanted to know about Grandma and Grandpa," Mrs. Timm said at a press conference after the meeting. She added: "He wanted to know whether Judy [his sister] was still going with Rick. He thought that was fantastic." Kevin asked about his hometown girlfriend Donna, and confided that he had an Iranian girlfriend too. Mrs. Timm admitted to reporters that she did not know how Donna would take that news. "He knew about Eric Heiden's five gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Mother's Odyssey | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

January 10: The girl sitting next to me is getting relatively hysterical. The machine has just "gone down" --a euphemism like saying Grandpa has "passed away." But she doesn't see it this way. "The fucking machine, if it wasn't already dead, I'd kill it." Yes, yes, I know what she means but my head is down on the keyboard waiting for the half-hearted cheer and agitated, pathetic energy that greets The Machine's rebirth. A terminal watcher walks by and says 'I think we have a casualty," and I wonder he is referring...

Author: By Solange R. Wetlaufer, | Title: Terminal Illness | 1/16/1980 | See Source »

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