“I think I knew from a very early age that at some point Jackie would become my responsibility,” Walters wrote about her mentally-challenged sister.
Walters revealed in her memoir that she felt the pressure to take care of her sister.Walters revealed in her memoir that she felt the pressure to take care of her sister.Walters revealed in her memoir that she felt the pressure to take care of her sister.Walters even named her daughter — adopted in 1968 with second husband Lee Guber — after her sister because she “wanted the grown Jackie to feel that she, too, had a child, because I knew by this time she never would.
His finances wildly fluctuated over the years with the family living in both penthouses and rent-controlled apartments.In 1937, Walters opened his first nightclub, Latin Quarter, with partner E.M. Loew. The venture took his entire savings; on opening night he had only 63 cents to his name. He later opened up a nightclub called Cafe de Paris, which was a failure. Facing bankruptcy, Lou attempted suicide in June 1958, which his family covered up by telling the press that he had suffered a heart attack.After his release from the hospital, Lou moved the family down to Miami and all of his assets in New York were seized to pay creditors.