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Robert Schmidt is a family friend. by mkovac

He and his brother, Denny, went to USC, had bit parts in movies, and worked for my father on his table grape ranch during the summers, as did the McKeever brothers.

Robert married Arthur Godfrey’s daughter, in spite of Godfrey being a prick toward him. He became an attorney and help found CSPAN.

The last time I spoke with him he told me he was taking care of his friend Willie Wood. He was keeping it quiet.

He put my father’s 75th birthday party together for him back in the 80s. It was a wonderful night.