Jack Cafferty's wife Carol passed away today

[democracy1st]

Jack Cafferty isn’t here today for the Cafferty File because of some tragic news.




His wife of 35 years, Carol, passed away unexpectedly this morning. Carol was everything to Jack. The dedication of his book reads, “for Carol, my wife, my life.”

Jack wrote about how she was the inspiration for him to get sober and straighten up his life: “In all the years that we’ve been married, she has always brought to the table her unshakable grounding in something a lot more real than being on television or being recognized in the corner drugstore. She has been my rock, having done a magnificent job of keeping me from getting full of helium and drifting off the surface of the earth… She was all the incentive I needed to make painful but transforming changes – to get sober and stop smoking. I knew that I’d lose her if I didn’t. She’s an amazing woman who simply wasn’t worth losing.”

One story Jack loves to tell is how he and Carol met – when he was a local news anchor in Kansas City. They started to meet regularly for a quick meal between his shows and became good friends. Whenever Jack had to leave, his exit line was “We’d better wrap this up. Got to get back to the station.” One night Carol finally asked, “What kind of a gas station do you work at? You’re always wearing a tie.”

Jack explained it was a television station. He loved the fact that she had no clue and couldn’t care less that he had been on air there every night for four years. He later described that as one of his life’s “twenty-four-carat moments” that made his heart soar. He said to himself then that he might marry her because “it can’t get any more honest and pure than that.”

Our deepest sympathies go out to Jack and to their two daughters, Leslie and Leigh. Our thoughts are also with Jack’s other two daughters, Julie and Jill, and his grandchildren.

Carol was an animal lover. If you’d like to make a donation in her memory, the family asks you give to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. You can contribute at aspca.org.\

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/05/remembering-carol-cafferty

[mod mom]

1. So very sad. My deepest sympathies to the family. :(

[apocalypsehow]

2. Sincere sympathies to the Cafferty family. n/t.

[bdamomma]

3. oh that's sad

my sincere condolences to the Cafferty family.

[gateley]

4. I'm so sorry. A contribution to the aspca in her memory would be lovely. nt

[DearAbby]

5. How sad...our thoughts are with the Cafferty family...n/t

[Botany]

6. So sorry to hear this

love to Jack and his family

[Arctic Dave]

7. T&P's Jack. I have a wife I feel the same way about.

[tnlefty]

8. Oh, I don't like reading this.

Please take care of yourself, Mr. Cafferty. My condolences to you and Leslie and Leigh. :hug:

[janet118]

9. It sounds like they were a wonderful couple

My heart goes out to Jack. His is one of the most honest voices on CNN.

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Deepest condolences to Jack and the family.

[democracy1st]

11. kick

[Lost4words]

12. My family is very sorry for your loss Jack, very sorry!

She sounds like a wonderful person.

[bigtree]

13. that's incredibly sad

we all have our own anchors. Condolences to the Cafferty family.

[Turner Ashby]

14. my condolences.

[MissDeeds]

15. Deepest sympathy to Jack

and his family. :grouphug:

[countryjake]

16. Thanks for posting...here's another page of sympathy for Jack & family...

Sad News, Jack Cafferty's wife has passed away

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3931773&mesg_id=3931773

and here is a corrected link to the one you've posted...not sure why yours doesn't work anymore, perhaps the page was overloaded with condolences.

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/06/remembering-carol-cafferty/

[brentspeak]

17. Condolences to Jack and his family

[SidneyCarton]

18. (((((Cafferty Family)))))

Jack, you have spoken well and loudly about our nation, I grieve for your loss.