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AN INERVIEW WITH WILLIAM C. REMPLE Interview script 3

2020-08-08 17:21:45 | The Gambler

AN INERVIEW WITH WILLIAM C. REMPLE

by Hayato Uesugi

Interview Script 3

17:28

9. I know you have a strong family unit around you.  Your wife Barbara Hyde Pierce is an Award-winning television news producer who worked with CBS. Your brother Carl Rempel, a super computer technician, strongly supports you and made a fantastic website for you. And your kids Jason, Lara and Emma make their Dad feel richer than any other billionaire. Could you tell me about them?

Like Kirk, I value most my family and, like Kirk, they’re my cheerleaders, my fact-checkers. And Kirk’s sister, who lived to be 102 and was with him to his last days almost, was also a very important member of his team. She’s the one who could tell him the truth, no matter how hard it was to take. I enjoyed learning more about her over the course of looking into Kirk because she was such a force of nature.

18:51

10. I was very happy to be able to translate and include your original essay “Kirk Kerkorian’s Seven Secrets to Success” for Japanese readers. Thank you very much. Could you add a little more information about it for them?

Well, the last thing Kirk would ever do was say he was an expert about something. The last thing he would do was to say, “I know the secrets of success.”  Not one, not seven, not any number. He would never claim to be an authority on anything. He was that kind of modest man. But if you study him as I have, as a biographer I was able to look into his life in a way that allowed us to say, “Here are some examples of things that he did that made a big difference in his success.

And as I mentioned before, the loyalty that he generated with his aides and partners came from his integrity and generosity of spirit. Those things are universal. They’re not American or Japanese or Armenian or anything. They are human values. I collected those and put them down for sharing with the Japanese audience. I think it’s such a great window into the character and power of a man of such a small, unknown person to be such an inspiration.  I’m glad you get to see them. I’m glad he wasn’t here to object, because he would definitely object to anyone putting things into his mouth things that made it look like he was boasting. He would be quite unwilling to do that.

21:09

11. Although we are now in the very difficult situation after the outbreak of COVID-19, if Kirk Kerkorian was still alive, what do you think he would try to do for people in the States and all over the world?

Well, Kirk Kerkorian was a man who really hated to see suffering; he wanted to help in any way he could. In 1988 the Armenian nation, Soviet Armenia then, was hit by a devastating earthquake that killed a couple hundred thousand people and left the country in shambles physically. What Kirk did was remarkable. He created an airlift of relief supplies, food and building materials and medicine, and started an airlift that went on after the earthquake for 20 years. It was an airlift of the magnitude of the Berlin airlift back in the 1940s. But in this case it was completely financed by Kirk Kerkorian and Armenian charity groups. Kirk’s contribution was of the airplanes and the steady supply. So it’s not just if he was here today.

The fact is, like I mentioned earlier, his wealth continues to be in the service of charities of efforts to improve medical care and scientific research. So chances are pretty good that some of the billions that Kirk left behind are to this day being used—perhaps to help cure the COVID-19. So Kirk is still with us in a very positive way.

23:20

12. Finally, please give us your message to Japanese readers.

I hope you enjoy getting to know Kirk Kerkorian as much as I enjoyed sharing his story with the world. I’m honored and pleased that Kirk’s story will be part of Japanese literature from this day on. Thank you for this opportunity and it’s been a pleasure.

23:53

I can’t conclude this interview without showing my appreciation for you sparing your precious time with me for this interview. Thank you very much for allowing me the opportunity to talk with you and to introduce a great author to the Japanese audience.

Thank you very much, Bill.

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