He died in 1984. Hample was born in 1977, lol, so clearly a grandparent and not a parent. Is he rich? Writer/illustrator doesn't seem like the kind of profession your grandkid can finance 6 month trips every year off of. His parents own a book store, I'm pretty sure.
Actually that reminds me. Yankees paid millions to charity rather than giving it to A-Rod as that "marketing" agreement thing. Obviously A-Rod agreed to it and s***.