Thomas “Bud” McDonald got sober and changed the world in good ways.
Sometimes, it takes an addict:
Thomas "Bud"McDonald, who appeared as the freckled and big eared Buddy in several "Our Gang"movies in the 1930s and later co-founded what are now called the Southern California Alcohol and Drug Programs, dead from congestive heart failure at age 85. McDonald began his movie career at age 8 but moved to Oregon with his mother and two brothers after his parents divorced during his mid-teen years. He eventually moved back to Southern California and became a Los Angeles police officer. After four years on the force, he "left"the LAPD in part, according to his son, because of alcoholism and "running with a bad crowd."His alcoholism-induced misbehaviors obviously worsened, as he was quickly convicted of armed robbery. ...
