Meanwhile my friend Nelson had married for the third or four

Meanwhile my friend Nelson had married for the third or fourth time, but this time he found a really sweet soul mate. By the time I got the trumpet the was ill. She was diagnosed with a rare cancer and was dying.

Nelson got her into an experimental program at M D Anderson in Houston. She balked at making him leave Hollywood because he was so happy playing for movies, commercials and TV. He convinced her that he was done with the studio rat race and wanted to be a band director in Spring, Texas. So they moved to Spring, she got the experimental treatments and Nelson survived by teaching band, tutoring students and playing pick up gigs.