
Stephen Colbert opens up about tragic death of father, brothers

Stephen Colbert has opened up about the deaths of his father and older brothers in a plane crash. James Colbert Jr and his sons Peter and Paul were killed in an Eastern Air Lines crash on September 11, 1974 while en route to enrol the boys in school. In a new interview with Oprah's Next Chapter, Stephen cited the family tragedy as the defining event of his adolescence. "For years, I sort of thought that that was my secret name… That the loss was my name, if you know what I mean... [the experience] is who you are," he explained. Colbert continued: "I didn't really feel the loss until I was in college. Then, I was in bad shape... I was just so sad about it. "I was 10 when they died. It's only (more)...
- 3.10.2012
- von By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
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