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>> there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politics for the local paper. stick in the eye stuff. he'd even been a losing candidate for mayor of durham. kathleen, meanwhile, was a top business exec at nortel, the telecommunications company. she'd received a master's degree in engineering from duke university. >> she was a smart, smart woman. but most of all, she was funny and sexual but had this marvelous sense of life and vitality just -- >> and you were in the swirl of the local society. right? >> yeah. >> charity balls and parties and nice d...

For mayor of durham. kathleen was a top business exec at nortel, a telecommunications company. she received a master's degree in engineering from duke university. >> she was a smart, smart woman. but most of all she was funny and sexual but had this marvelous sense of life and vitality. >> were you in the swirl of the local society. >> yeah. >> charity balls and parties and nice dinners. >> she did all of this. >> good smart friends at your table? >> absolutely. she would invite people over. she cooked the meals she would do the desserts. she did it all. >> so michael was all too happy to say ...

I think he put it, "we're gonna have a long sleepover," and we said, "yeah!" >> reporter: her younger sister, martha. >> of course we want to live with caitlin and kathleen, and play barbies, and, um, be a family together. >> reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. >> they said, "we're thinking about moving into this house." and they drove us...

>> reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. >> they said, "we're thinking about moving into this house." and they drove us over. we didn't even go inside. we just looked and we thought, "oh, my goodness," you know, "this is amazing." >> reporter: there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politic...

>> reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended faly. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. >> they said, "we're thinking about moving into this house." and they drove us over. we didn't even go inside. we just looked and we thought, "oh, my goodness," you know, "this is amazing." >> reporter: there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politics ...