•Born October 18, 1939 in New Orleans.
•Father died of heart attack two months before.
•One brother and one half-brother from mother’s previous marriage.
•Mother, Marguerite Oswald, was high-strung and temperamental. Worked a series of odd jobs and kept the family in poverty.
•Sons were in and out of orphanages.
•Married Edwin Ekdahl in 1944; divorced him in 1948. Only father that Lee ever had.
•Before age 18, had lived in 22 different residences and attended 12 different schools.
•New Orleans, Ft. Worth, New York.