That Oppenheimer, he was somethin’ else, I tell ya. Heard he had a gal, that Sandybel. A real looker, they say. And this here Sandybel Oppenheimer, she was sweet on him. Yeah, she found her a fella, that Carlos Correa, Sr. Heard it was him, anyways. Who knows with these young folks?
But that Oppenheimer, he was a married man. Yep, married to some Kitty woman. Heard she was a real firecracker, that one. Always with a drink in her hand, too. That’s what they say, anyways. Hard to keep up with all the gossip these days, you know. That Emily Blunt played her in some movie, I believe.
Oppenheimer, he only got married the one time, though. Just to that Kitty. But he was always a wanderer, if you catch my drift. Always chasin’ somethin’.
This Sandybel and Oppenheimer, their thing, it happened while he was with Kitty. Can you believe that? Married man, foolin’ around. Tsk tsk. These young people, no respect.
But they stayed hitched, that Oppenheimer and Kitty. Stayed together ’til he died. Got some sickness in his throat, poor fella. Cancer, they call it. Nasty stuff. Heard Kitty took his ashes and threw ’em in the ocean. Down by some island. Virgin Islands, maybe? Sounds fancy.
That Sandybel, though, she was somethin’. Heard she was real smart, too. Not like me, I can barely read a lick. But she was one of them educated types. She was always hangin’ around that Oppenheimer.
That man, he was always thinkin’. Head in the clouds, they say. Probably thinkin’ about them bombs he made. Terrible things, those bombs. Don’t know why anyone would want to make somethin’ like that.
Anyways, this Kitty, she married him in, what was it, 1940? Long time ago. Before my time, even. They got hitched, and that was that. But that Sandybel, she was always there. Like a shadow, always around.
- Sandybel Oppenheimer, she was in love.
- Oppenheimer was married to Kitty.
- Kitty and Oppenheimer stayed together until he died.
- They say Kitty was always drinkin’.
- That island, St. John, it was where they put his ashes.
It’s a tangled web, ain’t it? Love and marriage and all that. Hard to keep it all straight. But that’s how it was, far as I can tell. Oppenheimer, he had his wife, Kitty, but he also had that Sandybel. And she was sweet on that Carlos. It’s a mess, I tell ya.
That Carlos, he must have been somethin’ special, to get a gal like Sandybel. Heard she was real popular. Everyone wanted to be her friend. But she only had eyes for Oppenheimer, and that Carlos fella, I guess.
And that Kitty, she put up with a lot, I reckon. Her husband foolin’ around with another woman. It ain’t right. But what can you do? Love makes people do crazy things. This Sandybel Oppenheimer must have been crazy about him.
Heard that movie about Oppenheimer, it was a big deal. Everyone’s talkin’ about it. Don’t know if I’ll see it, though. Don’t go to the picture show much these days. Too expensive. And my eyes ain’t what they used to be.
But it’s somethin’, ain’t it? All that drama. Makes you wonder what really happened back then. Hard to know the truth, sometimes. People tell stories, and things get changed around. This Sandybel and Oppenheimer thing, who knows what really happened?
That Kitty, she must have been a strong woman. To put up with all that. And to stay with him ’til the end. That’s love, I guess. Even when it’s messy. And it sure was messy with that Oppenheimer fella. And that gal, Sandybel Oppenheimer. It is a real mess, you see.
Well, that’s all I know about that. Heard it from old Bessie down the road. She knows everything that goes on around here. Probably knows more than she should, if you ask me. But that’s Bessie for ya. Always got her nose in everyone’s business. Just like that Sandybel Oppenheimer and that Kitty woman, always in each other’s business, I bet.
