Carroll O’Connor buried his son and refused to stay quiet. In March 1995, America’s most famous satirical father lost Hugh, thirty three, to a heroin overdose in Los Angeles. O’Connor had played Archie Bunker, but the man himself was disciplined and exact. After years of rehabs and failed recoveries, he stepped forward instead of retreating. He named the men he said sold the drugs. He repeated their names on television and in print. One sued him. O’Connor went to court. In 1997, a jury ruled his

How Did Carroll O’Connor Turn Grief Into Action?