In the early 1960s, Riley Shepard stole the identity of his own brother.

Once, when they were in a group of people, Riley said, "Remember when we met Kris Kristofferson?" Everyone turned to look at Jan.

When I saw this drawing in my late father's box of personal mementos, I was stunned. How on earth did Riley get his wife to pose for this?

Morris Levy was described by AllMusic as "a notorious crook who swindled artists out of their owed royalties."

Leslie repeated a story her mother told, that Harry Belafonte had come to their apartment for dinner, and sang to her when she was a baby.