O'Connor question

[270man]

I began reading Jack O'Connor stuff when I was around 12-years-old and now have several of his books and many articles by and about him. One thing always puzzled me and I thought maybe it was an O'Connor family secret.

Some of my older books have photos of his son Jerry as a youngster but the newer ones only show his youngest son Bradford. I was recently given a book titled "The Lost Classics of Jack O'Connor, in which he writes about a couple of hunts with both sons. A brief introductory to one chapter refers to "the tragic turn in his oldest son's adult life."

I can't blame Jack O'Connor for not writing about painful memories associated with his son, but it is strange that no one has ever mentioned the tragic events and the outcome (at least nothing that I've every read). It is probably none of my busines, but I do wonder what happened to this man.

Do any of you O'Connor fans have any information on this?

270man