. >> fiona. >> oh, yeah. that was taken just before he died i think. yeah. he lost all of his hair. had an accent where you would need sub titles to hear. that's in belfast where he died. he got into trouble drinking minute and his way back to his father's farm. >> when was the last time you saw him? >> in his coffin in 1985. before that i saw him in 1981 >> guest: it was the worst summer they'd had. c-span: what was your relationship with him in the end? >> guest: eh, inconsequential. i never saw him. if i did see him, it was kind of a for--formal conversation. it was very hard to get into a--an intimate conversation with him. and you-- if i were to look at this from the outside, i would have said to myself, 'well, why didn't you go back and talk to him?' but i think-i had a feeling that there was no point in it or that he wouldn't come through. he was so blocked in everywhere. he'd say,'well, how's your--how's your mother?' and, 'how's your brothers?' and--rawr rawr rawr rawr--and that was it and then he'd look out the window and he'd drink his tea and there was no getting through