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Post" was describing. his mother was unapologetically a force. here is what he wrote. because she was my mother, the death of zaftig renee coren at the impossible old age of 84 is newsworthy to me and i treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for, well, nothing. a more disrespectful, trash-reading, talking and watching woman in north carolina, florida, or texas was not to be found. she played cards like a shark, bold and played cribbage like a pro, and laughed with the boys until th...

If there is such a thing. >> well -- well, maybe -- the story is he stole some money from my moms parents and that thats -- >> oh, jesus. hang on a second. hes not here to defend himself. heres what your mom was great at. dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, dirty jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines. she said she read them for the articles but filthy free speech was really renees thing, hers was a baudy, rowdy life lived large, broke, and out loud. i should tell peo...

Mastectomies, two recessions, multiple bankruptsies, six kids, one cesarean, a few abortions in spring lake, north carolina, or an affair with larry king in the 60s. renee was preceded in death by her ex-boyfriend larry. what is the deal on larry king? >> listen, im here to find out. weve got time. this is your hour. lets get to the bottom of this. there are actually receipts in my family, which is a sprawling family, you know, five boys and a girl, and my mom ran around a lot in miami in the ea...

Buying dirty magazines. she said she read them for the articles but filthy free speech was really renees thing, hers was a bawdy, rowdy life lived large, broke and loud. i should tell people on her 85th birthday next spring, youre having a nondenominational memorial service. whats that going to look like? >> i hope its gonzo, weird, loud, colorful, filled with pepsi and carbs and krispy kremes and we have a real celebration of what ive been calling the queen of the dirt bags because thats what m...

A stunning headline in "the new york post" caught my eye over the weekend. quote, sons brutal obit of his plus sized redneck mother goes viral. the idea that a son would trash his dead mom and go viral for it, you can imagine why i found that distressing. then i took time to read the actual obituary in "the fayetteville observer." it was nothing like what "the post" suggested. here was an obituary who paid tribute to a woman who was a force, flaws and all. here is what he wrote. because she was ...

Few abortions in spring lake, north carolina, or an affair with larry king in the 60s. renee was preceded in death by her ex-boyfriend larry. what is the deal on larry king? >> listen, im here to find out. weve got time. this is your hour. lets get to the bottom of this. there are actually receipts in my family, which is a sprawling family, you know, five boys and a girl, and my mom ran around a lot in miami in the early 60s, late 50s and early 60s, and she ran around with, you know, with the ba...

Not to be found. she played cards like a shark, bold and played cribbage like a pro, and laughed with the boys until the wee hours, long after the last pin dropped. at one point in the 1980s, renee was the 11th or 12th ranked woman in cribbage in america, and while that could be a lie -- it sounds good in print -- she also told me she came up for a name for sunoco. she left me nothing but these lousy memories which i and my family of five brothers and my sister-in-laws, nephews, nieces, larry ki...