The Sad Bedtime Routine Michael Landon Established With His Children Before He Died

Landon explained that as he tucked Jennifer and Sean in every night, he allowed them both to ask him one question. Sean, who was only 4 years old at the time, generally stuck to the same meek inquiry:"What was the worst thing you did when you were a little boy?" Landon shared that, despite the

Landon explained that as he tucked Jennifer and Sean in every night, he allowed them both to ask him one question. Sean, who was only 4 years old at the time, generally stuck to the same meek inquiry: "What was the worst thing you did when you were a little boy?" Landon shared that, despite the straightforwardness and predictability of the question, it became harder and harder to summon new answers as the evenings passed (via Showbiz Cheat Sheet). 

It was the elder of the two, Jennifer (she was 7 years old), who pressed him with deeper and more elaborate questions. The most difficult of the questions, Landon shared, was when she asked him directly if he was going to die. Heartbroken, he surmised that honesty was the best solution and told her frankly that he did not know. "Then I said that even if I were to die, they would be all right," Landon said in the Life magazine article. "They would miss me terribly, and I would miss them terribly. But nothing would change" (per Showbiz Cheat Sheet). On July 1, 1991, Michael Landon lost his life to pancreatic cancer.

Jennifer Landon told Closer Weekly in 2019, "He was always so present as a father. He'd watch me jump around the pool for an hour straight. I think he genuinely enjoyed it. I felt admired by him — which is an amazing feeling to have as a child."

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