Family
Riger was the son of Harry St. John Cooke and Irene Teresa Riger of New York city. He first married Eleanor Sanger (the first woman television sports producer) in 1950 and had four children by their marriage, Christopher Riger, born 1951, Victoria Riger Phillips, born 1952, Robert Paris Riger, born 1960, and Charlotte Irene Riger, born 1963. His second marriage was to the writer Dawn Aberg; their children are Ariel Aberg-Riger (born 1981) and John Maxwell Aberg-Riger (born 1983).
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Children need money. As they grow older they need more money. They need money for essentially the same reasons that adults need money. They need to buy stuff....They need it regardless of whether they get good grades, violate a family rule, or offend a parent.”
—Donald C. Medeiros (20th century)
“It is as when a migrating army of mice girdles a forest of pines. The chopper fells trees from the same motive that the mouse gnaws them,—to get his living. You tell me that he has a more interesting family than the mouse. That is as it happens.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)