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Ted Williams, the man with golden voice | 2
Global News What Happened To...?
'Ted', 'Don't Worry'
Ted left his job after an argument with his wife and mother-in-law. He said: 'I decided to just walk away from my responsibilities as a father, a husband, a provider, protector' Ted says he would often fall asleep in the back seat of his car before waking up for work. The show will be on BBC1 at 8pm tonight (UK time) & 9pm tomorrow night (UK time).
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Ted
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quickly rose to the top, jumped around from station to station. And no matter where he went, his celebrity would follow. And
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i went to three urban stations with one year, a 15 and a half months, unheard of, and came out number one across the board. But
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behind closed doors, things were getting ugly. He recalled one night in particular,
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my mother came to columbis to visit us and at is children. And i upset the apple cart by my mother and m mie, my wife and my mother a. My mother was placing collect calls to my father, and i told her that e she didn't have to do that. She could just pick up the bone and call out, yo, i'll pay for it. And at the time, i didn't have a job, but my wife was like, making it a real big matter. Thi, you know, we don't have be pay along distance all my mother sayd ted, don't worry about ted
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said. The argument escaladed. He had had enough and decided to leave. I
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decided to just walk away from my responsibilities as a father, a husband, a provider, protector and all that alcoholism
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had its grip on him. When
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i went out to entertain at night clubs when we had a remote broadcast, or it was our special night, six night. Some one out, ladies night. Just say youd, listen to one o, six, you get in free. And those cunnin fence men, i ran up liquor bills and thire wasnt nothing to see me walk out of a night club sesty drunk. You know, an iverbody be like, i'll, i'll drive you home. Ted, you know, peoplet offree rides and off. But i would just lay in my back seat and fall out, and then wake up, got myself om ted
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was spiralling, and it was about to get worse.
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