But simply to list Emmette Redford's professional achievements would miss a large part of the man. Devoted to his family, he never entirely recovered from the early death of his promising son Sam, but rejoiced in the household of his daughter, Lady Claire. At the end of their long and mutually supportive marriage, Emmette gave tender, unstinting care to his wife as she dwindled into Alzheimer's haze before her death in 1992. At a time when opposition to the role of government is widespread, the life of Emmette Redford stands as a firm rebuttal. His belief in democracy, not as a perfect system, but perfectible, survived the events of this turbulent century.
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