Their mother was the source of unhappiness in the family, She was very cold to Karen. Their dad was a wonderful man, but even HE cowered when it came to his wife.

Richard wrote the melody to "Merry Christmas Darling" and arranged it. It is a beauty!

It makes a world of difference when you know of the pain she was in.

Richard married his first cousin, and she was not adopted. They seem to be very happy after 30+ years of marriage.

So there are at least 3 of us wincing and/or cringing!

He had a failed marriage before marrying Karen, and that marriage also produced a son.

But he knew that she had always WANTED kids desperately, and yet he kept his situation from her. This was despicable! It's fine to not want kids but don't you think you should address the subject BEFORE marrying to find out what your partner wants? He LIED to her!

I like a few tracks, but I think that roughly 1/2 of her solo album is a disaster. The disco songs, the attempt to be sexy which did not ring true, her singing most tracks in a key that at least a third too high - Normally, I love Phil Ramone as a producer but I don't know WHAT he was thinking here. "Cringe" is the…

I could be wrong, but I believe that this book was released first.

I doubt it. I believe that he is lacking in the conscience department.

No such luck - He remarried, had the vasectomy reversed and fathered a 2nd son. They live in a very wealthy town in Arizona.

This is a good article, with one caveat: I don't know on what you are basing your statements that Richard "seethed with jealousy" over his sister. I have read this book multiple times, I have read the Ray Coleman biography multiple times, and pretty much everything that has ever been written about them. Richard stated…