James Pietragallo

Miriam would keep Alan's cell phone in her purse.

So she'd have both their phones.

One of the daughters said she never really developed a close relationship with Miriam.

And she said that necessarily wasn't Miriam's fault, though.

They asked her, was it hard to accept Miriam into your dad's life?

And she said it would have been hard to accept anybody.

You know, my mom was gone, and now I don't care about this new fucking lady coming in here.

Who cares about her?

Exactly.

And I think that's how you would feel, too.

Yeah.

And also, he's pretty sick, too, but he doesn't really let on.

But Alan's got some health problems.

He's got some heart issues that haven't really been addressed.

Sure.

He's got some problems as we'll talk about health wise, but he's still up and around.

But she says that he doesn't feel good and all that kind of thing, which he still does everything that he needs to do.

Early 2008.

OK, this is interesting here.

Miriam calls a life insurance agent and asks about taking out a policy on Alan's life.