Report: Massive Monument To "Ma" Helped TED NUGENT Take The High Road
July 27, 2007, 17 years ago
Chicago Sun-Times has issued the following report from Rummana Hussain:
TED NUGENT is a mama's boy.
And he doesn't care who knows it.
"She represents all the positive inspiration in my life...The love affair, the spiritual adulation and continuance of 'Ma' Nugent's energy is with me every day," said the Motor City Madman, who will hit town Wednesday to unveil a granite edifice honoring his late mother in front of Palatine's Durty Nellies tavern.
The 7,800-pound tribute has been a longtime dream for Nugent and local musician Eric Kinkel, a fan of Marion Nugent since her days as a "Dear Abby"-type columnist at Illinois Entertainer, where she became a mentor and inspiration to hundreds.
"It will be the physical manifestation that is already in the hearts of many," the hard rock guitarist said of the memorial, which will have "Ma" Nugent's likeness etched across it. She died at age 62 in the late 1980s.
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