Apparently There Were Complaints,” (Simon & Schuster) out Dec. 7, in which she remembers the medical advice that drove her to get permanently sober on May 8, 2015.Another factor was a video from her 70th birthday celebration on a high-rise rooftop in downtown Los Angeles.
Rewatching it two year later, she writes, “made me cringe at the progression of my drunkenness.”At one point in the video, Gless is seen yelling at one of the guests: “I don’t give a f–k about your kids!”The irony won’t be lost on die-hard fans of Gless’ police drama.
In sharp contrast to clean-living mom Mary-Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), Gless’ character Cagney lives alone and hits the bottle as a means of coping with the stress of her failed romantic life and grief.
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