Conversation so far:
Who did Laura Schlessinger marry?
Schlessinger met and married Michael F.
Rudolph, a dentist, in 1972.
did they remain married?
Their divorce was finalized in 1977.
Why did they divorce?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did she remarry?
Bishop and Schlessinger married in 1985.
Did she have any children?
Schlessinger's only child, a son named Deryk, was born in November 1985.
Was he Bishops son?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did she stay married to Bishop?
Schlessinger's husband, Lewis G.
Bishop, died November 2, 2015, after being ill for 1.5 years.
Was she close to her family?
Schlessinger was estranged from her sister for years, and many thought she was an only child.

Question: Was she close to her mother?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Laura Schlessinger close to her mother?