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Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

“Annie Glenn had severe dysfluency—affecting her speech 85% of the time—from childhood. As a result, she faced challenges throughout her life.

As her husband rose to national prominence as a decorated Marine veteran, the first American to orbit the Earth, and later a U.S. senator, Glenn struggled to communicate. At times, people would ridicule or ignore her when she had trouble holding a conversation. Her difficulty was so severe she would not speak on the phone and would point at a menu to order food.

At the age of 53, Glenn was able to find treatment to speak more fluently.”

https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/2020-0520-annie-glenn-memoriam

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

This is kind of tangential, but: as a young couple, John and Annie Glenn were just absurdly fucking cute together

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

You can sort of tell from the pictures that these kids are going to go the distance

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

I mean come on

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

I had a childhood friend who married her one and only boyfriend right out of high school. They're still together today. And they always looked like this too 😆

@jalefkowit awww. wow that is rare these days.

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Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

You can sort of tell from the pictures that these kids are going to go the distance

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

I mean come on

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

I had a childhood friend who married her one and only boyfriend right out of high school. They're still together today. And they always looked like this too 😆

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

The movie version of THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) dramatized Annie's struggles with her stutter.

The Glenns didn't like the movie, in part because they thought this scene made them look disrespectful. But I don't get that at all. I thought this scene was an eloquent statement that they had the kind of marriage everybody wishes they had.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnjctxFyFLU

Glenn's phone call with Annie...

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Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

John and Annie Glenn were married on April 6, 1943. They remained together until John's death 73 years later. Annie passed four years after that, at age 100.

Andrew Benedict-Nelson Jul 15

@jalefkowit look at those cute kids

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 15

@albnelson It warms the heart, I tells ya

Andrew Benedict-Nelson Jul 15

@jalefkowit makes me miss my grandparents. I am sure their marriage was not nearly as happy, but they were also in it for the long haul. I’m old-fashioned enough to admire it.

Parade du Grotesque 💀Jul 13

Ah, one of my favourite movie.

I had the same feeling as you: that they had each other's backs, and that John Glenn was aware of his wife issues and supported her 1000%.

As you said: absurdly cute couple.

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

@ParadeGrotesque I first saw the movie as a kid, and that was the scene that made me think “that’s the kind of man I want to be.”

Not a Marine, not an astronaut. The kind of man who would tell the vice president to go pound sand if the vice president was annoying his wife

Parade du Grotesque 💀Jul 13

Such as fantastic movie, so many great scenes.

The one that I will never forget is this one, about Gagarin's launch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWlLzfvTzk

To this day, the face of Korolev laughing in the middle of the rocket flames remains in my memory.

If you haven't seen it, I recommend the "Russian Right Stuff" on the history of their cosmonauts.

The Right Stuff 1983 Yuri Gagarin launch

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Keri Svendsen Jul 13

@jalefkowit awww. wow that is rare these days.

Kurt Kremitzki Jul 13

@jalefkowit she looks a bit like Karen Allen/Marion Ravenwood from Indiana Jones!

Jason Lefkowitz Jul 13

@kkremitzki Yeah, she's got that tomboy thing going for sure.

Lappenjammer Jul 13

@jalefkowit How wonderful ❤️