Meanwhile I felt the need to satisfy myself that what Eric Heinz Sr. had told me about his son’s dying in infancy was really true. Again with the help of my pal Ann at the Social Security Administration, I tracked down Eric Sr.’s brother, who confirmed the story: Eric Jr. had died in a car accident in 1962, at the age of two, on his way to the Seattle World’s Fair with his mother, who was also killed in the crash.