Kathie Lee Gifford celebrates Veterans Day by remembering her late father: ‘I know how fragile life is’
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Kathe Lee Gifford's father, Aaron Epstein, passed away in 2002, at age 78, of Lewy body dementia. The patriarch served in the Navy for 20 years. The former "Today" co-host is remembering him.
Epstein passed away in 2002 at age 78 from Lewy body dementia.
"I grew up in a Navy home," the former co-host of "Today" told Fox News Digital. "My daddy is one of those people, like so many, when Pearl Harbor happened, he was just 17 years old and lied about his age. That’s the only bad thing he ever did.… He lied about his age and wanted to be a pilot, but I think his eyesight wasn’t that great, and he had flat feet or something like that. And so he went into the Navy … [he] ended up actually in Paris, France, early on in his naval career on General Eisenhower’s staff after World War II at Shape Headquarters. And that’s why I was born in Paris, France."