“I was always a liability to him, everyone thought I was a snob from Newport who had bouffant hair and had French clothes and hated politics. And he'd get so upset for me when something like that came out. And I'd say, 'Oh, Jack, I wish...I'm so sorry for you that I'm just such a dud.' He knew I loved him and I did everything I could.”
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