thanks for helping to fill in the holes! i'm learning so much about this man i thought i knew...one thing i can comment on is that his need to be the center of attention must have waned a fair bit by the time walt came to hawaii.even though he wouldn't turn away from a tussle(verbal,i hasten to add) if it presented itself face on,i often remember him on the sidelines-more the observer than the observed.of course when he took to the stage,you better be able to hold your own,or he'd just shine you into the shadows.but he was not an upstager,,not by then,anyway.he was part of the company effort with the kind of loyalty one dreams of in a friend and fellow worker...ps...i think the competetive element between him and his older cronies was quite amusing to see,as i had the privledge at his last "hoot".it was not my imagination that his menfriends eyed me with that questioning stare,as in..."can i grab the goods while he's looking the other way?" jeeze,you guys played some interesting games among the womenfolk,didn't you???