from santa DUC

"I had personal tragedies. My son Shamus, in his early twenties, died of leukemia just over two months ago [in New Foundland, Canada]. [Hamilton was 12-years old when he fathered the boy.] My son was a gentle spirit. He was not like his father trying to conquer the world."

DUC: "You had a son in his twenties?"

Hamilton: "Yes. That's the stunned look I get on everybody's face. Yes, I started young."

DUC: "How old were you when you...?"

Hamilton: "I'm not going to tell that story. He was the best mistake that I ever made. I'd give everything just to have him back.

"I knew about it. It does affect your work. As it was coming down, I couldn't concentrate. I told them that. You've got to get someone else to fill in for me. I've got to go take care of this. I delayed leaving. To make a long story short, due to complications, I never got that last time with my son. I spent the better part of two months up there taking care of him. I said to my company, 'Don't panic. I will be back.'

Kelly sits quietly at Hamilton's side.

Hamilton: "I came back to uphold what I'd stated I'd do.

"I'd written the contract. It had a good will clause that we weren't going to say anything terrible to each other. The person I report to starts off with, 'I thought you flaked on the contract and weren't coming back. I tried your phone. It was disconnected.'

"I was 5000 miles away. Cell phones don't work in some of the regions of New Foundland. By the time I was done with everything, I was in Labrador. It took two hours to get to a phone. I wasn't getting paid enough to float a place down here and a place up there. I had expenses taking care of funeral arrangements. I told them I might not be able to be reached.

"The people were saying I'd flaked. If you ask me, that breaches the good will nature of the contract. Considering I was the one who wrote the contract, I'm probably the one who can interpret it the best."

Hamilton apologizes to his meek wife.
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You left out this priceless part a little further down. Hamilton Steele on his son, who died from leukemia:

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Hamilton: "No more details. I acknowledge him. That's as far as it goes.

"The major reason that I am acknowledging him is that he was the final decision to stay [in porn]."

DUC pictures the young man on his death bed looking up at Hamilton and pleading, 'Dad, it is my final wish that you stay in porn. It makes me so proud. And if you're ever out there doing a scene, and you're flagging, remember - just do it for me.'"

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