Susan found out that her husband, michael, was not the person she thought he was. He had been communicating with another woman through his final days. Susan desperately needed answers, so she texted her. She apologized and pretty much fessed up to being a petty grifter.
Susan Messing and Michael McCarthy were a beloved couple in the Chicago comedy scene. Michael passed away from cancer in 2020. As part of Susan’s grieving process, she began to sift through the 50 or so boxes of his writing that he had left behind for her. What followed was a complicated grief.
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