His Success Was Well Deserved
Knotts endured a lot of emotional stress from his father and older brother, who were both alcoholics, while he was growing up. Karen Knotts remembers that it wasn’t until Don’s father passed away when he was 13 years old that Don truly began to come out of his shell without fear. And it was then that he started to hone his craft for comedy and begin to share his gift with the world.