A Facebook comment from Varla Jean Merman, love child of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine, on the death of her father:
Thank you all for your kind words. The loss of a parent is devastating, and my love for him was unrestrained. He was a quiet man, but his lawyers often conveyed his true feelings for me, and at least reassured me that he did know I was out there, especially when I came within 400 feet of him.