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The household in the 1970s was routinely described as a three-ring circus filled with rowdy kids, lost pets and haggard servants who often quit in frustration, saying Ethel was difficult to work for.

“Firstly, it was fun getting to see George a few years on and so haggard, and kind of just stuck in this horrible spiral of just needing more. But the stabbing was so fun.”

“It’s always lonely at conventions like this,” McCloskey, haggard and hoarse, told reporters.

It wasn’t fair to her “happy baby” to come home haggard and surly.

That night, he looked haggard, aged beyond recognition, according to surveillance video and witness accounts.