WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR KIDS? Children of the Rich and Famous

by Malcolm Forbes ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 13, 1990

What happened to Al Capone's son? Rasputin's daughter? The children of B.F. Skinner? The lowdown on these and the progeny of scores of other celebs is proffered in bite-sized chapters in this latest compendium of evanescent biographical miscellany from everybody's favorite capitalist. Not too surprisingly, the offspring of many came to early grief: Gandhi's son, we learn, ended as a drunk; Gregory Peck's oldest son committed suicide; Paul Newman's son died from a drug-and-alcohol overdose. Others, however, led lives of dignity: Freud's daughter Anna, for instance, and Renoir's famous film-directing son Jean. But then there's Diana Oughton, great-granddaughter of William Dickson Boyce--self-made millionaire publisher and founder of the Boy Scouts of America: she grew up to be a member of the 60's radical group the Weathermen, dying when their bomb factory on Manhattan's W. 11th St. self-exploded in 1969. So--lightly engrossing, just right for reading during TV commercials or while waiting for the bus.

Pub Date: April 13, 1990

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 1990

Categories: NONFICTION