Talk:Tennessee Ernie Ford

Am I reading this right
A part of the article dealing with Ford's alcohlism states "Betty Ford's substance-abuse death in 1989." This is his wife, right? Later it says that his wife Beverly died in 2001. What's up? Was her name Betty or Beverly and did she die in 89 or 01? Sir Rhosis (talk) 00:11, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Unrelated issue: I noticed that it refers to Ford's parents as "the former Maud Long and Clarence Thomas Ford." Isn't the usual format "Maud Ford nee Long" or Maud (Long) Ford? See the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married_and_maiden_names for reference. "The former Maud Long" sounds weird, as if she turned into a pod person or something. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.206.217 (talk) 02:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Response to first issue: according to a different source (imdb), Mr. Ford had two spouses:  Betty, who died in 1989, and Beverly, to whom Mr. Ford was married at the time of his death. If correct, this would explain the text in the article. Assuming that the information from imdb is accurate, I think that the wording in the article could be slightly modified to make this clear. Scarletlathe (talk) 15:14, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Second Wife
I think I read a book from his son saying that Ford's second wife, Beverly, robbed them blind after his death. If I can source that I might add it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigmac31 (talk • contribs) 19:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Commercials
In his later years, Mr. Ford was also the media spokesman for Martha White Flour, and seen daily on TV spots all over the South and Southwest.76.199.10.75 (talk) 14:43, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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African American?
This page has the tag "African-American Aviators." Nowhere in the article does it refer to his African heritage. I haven't looked far, but I don't see any mention of it in readily available info online. Can anyone confirm this? Otherwise I'm going to remove it in a week or so. Sevey13 (talk) 02:08, 25 January 2022 (UTC)