Editing Al Capp (section)

==Personality==

Although he was often considered a difficult person,<ref name="printmag.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/post/lil-abner-al-capp-monster-cartoonist|title=Li'l Abner's Al Capp: A Monstrous Creature, a Masterful Cartoonist|first=Steven|last=Heller|date=March 4, 2013|website=PRINT|access-date=October 29, 2020}}</ref> some acquaintances of Capp have stressed that the cartoonist also had a sensitive side. In 1973, upon learning that 12-year-old [[Edward M. Kennedy Jr.|Ted Kennedy Jr.]], the son of his political rival [[Ted Kennedy|Ted Kennedy Sr.]], had his right leg amputated, Capp wrote the boy an encouraging letter that gave candid advice about dealing with the loss of a limb,<ref>Kitchen, Denis, and Michael Schumacher, ''Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary'' (2013) [[Bloomsbury Publishing]], p.243</ref> which Capp himself had experienced as a boy. One of Capp's grandchildren recalls that at one point, tears were streaming down the cartoonist's cheeks while he was watching a documentary about the [[Jonestown]] massacre.<ref>Kitchen, Denis, and Michael Schumacher, ''Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary'' (2013) [[Bloomsbury Publishing]], p.244</ref> Capp gave money anonymously to charities and "people in need" at various points in his life.<ref name="printmag.com"/>