![]() “People checked Riggins a couple of times during the show to make sure he was breathing.” - Guest Marin Allen “It looked like an 18-wheeler jackknifed on the interstate.” - John Riggins “They left him there through the whole speech ” - Robb “He fell asleep is more accurate.” - Mary Lou Riggins “He just went back without a sound.” - Robb I knew he was under my chair when his cowboy boots hit my shoes.” - Jill Cohen, guest at nearby table Then he dropped to one elbow, then he was flat on the floor. “Then he squatted and was staring off into space. Riggins then fell asleep on the floor, during a gaggle of dignitaries’ speeches, which included then-Vice President George H.W. “ very entertaining.” - Mary Lou Riggins, John Riggins’ wife kind of late for a work day.” - Charles O’Connor III, husband of Sandra Day O’Connor ”Certainly we didn’t leave early because of his behavior. She told me when she arrived that she would have to leave by 10:45 and she actually stayed later than that.” - Wingo “There was no sense in which Justice O’Connor left early because of this. We thought it was kind of a delightful mix of personalities to have at the table.” - Wingo I was sitting next to her and she was very gracious, laughing and smiling back. “Basically it was me saying ‘don’t go, we’re going to have a lot of fun.'” - Riggins Riggins approached O’Connor’s seat, put his arm around her husband, looked over at the first female justice in history and uttered the famous line, “come on, loosen up, Sandy baby, you’re too tight.” O’Connor was about to leave because she had an early commitment the next morning. Sandra Day O’Connor poses with Chief Justice Warren Berger. At one point, the chair had to be adjusted because he said it was bothering him.” - Garry Clifford, Washington bureau chief, People ![]() Riggins, then the oldest running back in the NFL at age 35, was having trouble beyond drinking on an empty stomach. So, at this point, the table is covered with red wine.” - Robb So they brought two more bottles of red wine, also within John’s reach, and somehow managed to knock them over. “There were two bottles of red wine and John, in a very expressive mode, managed to mow both of them down. “I continued to drink my dinner.” - Riggins, who refused food. “We had wine at the table, and everyone was having a good time and being a little boisterous.” Hal Wingo, assistant managing editor, People “I understand that we’re going to be seated at the same table tonight!” The dinner began. Riggins saw Virginia Governor Chuck Robb. “Gooo-be-na-tooor!,” he said, according to Robb. Riggins approached his table, where he was seated with governors, magazine editors and, of course, a Supreme Court justice.
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