Don't Wait To Be Proud

Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 3 p.m.

b'It\\u2019s a story as old as fatherhood itself. The son or daughter kills themselves to win the approval of their dad, which never seems to come. There is pain, resentment, bewilderment. I have worked so hard to make you proud, am I just not enough? Only at the end, or after the parent\\u2019s death, is it revealed: The child had the thing they wanted all along. They just never knew.This was Claudia Williams\\u2019, the daughter of Ted Williams, story. Only buried in a pile of memorabilia did she find ...'