StoryCorps MLI: Seymour and Marcia Gottlieb

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Length: 01:50

Seymour Gottlieb, who has Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife, Marcia, talk about their 60-year relationship. Read the full description.

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Playing: StoryCorps MLI: Seymour and Marcia Gottlieb
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Gottlieb_small Seymour Gottlieb, 87, and his wife, Marcia, 83 have been together for over 60 years. They met in Burbank, California and knew each other for 14 years before getting married. Today, Seymour suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and the couple came to StoryCorps in Los Angeles to remember their relationship.

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Piece Description

Seymour Gottlieb, 87, and his wife, Marcia, 83 have been together for over 60 years. They met in Burbank, California and knew each other for 14 years before getting married. Today, Seymour suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and the couple came to StoryCorps in Los Angeles to remember their relationship.

Transcript

MG: Our journey started a long, long time ago.

SG: Must I tell everybody you worked for me?

MG: It's the truth.

SG: Well, she worked for me.

MG: I was the cashier.

SG: I had a surplus store. I knew her friend Helen and I told Helen one day, You know, I need a cashier, do you know anybody? And here came old Marsha. I looked her over and said to myself, Gee, whiz, what a funny looking broad. But she has good credentials--

MG: She can count

SG: She can count. I said, all right, I'll give her a chance.

MG: Do you have any questions for me kid?

SG: I have nothing to ask you, everything about you I THINK I know. Your brassiere size, your dress size, the true color of your hair. That's a lot of baloney that blonde hair for crying out loud.

SG: I'm very lucky to have my mate this long. Look at that beautiful face. When we first met she didn't have--you see the wrinkles in her...
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