Although I did forget about this:
When Stephen was ten years old, his father Herbert, a distant figure in Stephen's life, abandoned him and his mother. Stephen "famously despised" Foxy;[1] he once wrote a thank-you note to close friend Mary Rodgers that read, "Dear Mary and Hank, Thanks for the plate, but where was my mother's head? Love, Steve."[2] When Foxy died on September 15, 1992, Sondheim refused to attend her funeral.
(If I don't put it in quotes & attribute a source, does the above tidbit seem more mysterious, or is it obvious that this is a pure Wikipedia de lite? Because this tidbit is completely unrelated to the topic I'm 'researching,' & I'm going to fail this final.)
Sincerely,
In Conclusion