The girl Eleanor in the picture is not Sonny’s daughter. Sonny and Geraldine could not have children together. Geraldine had three children from her first marriage to Bill Gardner, my grandfather. Sonny Liston helped to raise, my father Bobby Gardner, my aunt Arletha Gardner, and my uncle Charles Gardner. Geraldine and Sonny had legal custody of Daniel Wiese until his 18th birthday. The world made the mistake of believing that Sonny and Geraldine adopted Daniel Wiese.

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