Sure, she was pretty: 5 feet 8, with wide blue eyes and hair so blond it was almost platinum. But she was speaking German. And she was at least 25 years his junior. Looking back, it may have been boredom. His business partner had flown home the day before, leaving him in England by himself. Maybe he wanted a traveling companion. So, using hand gestures and a lot of slow repetition, he struck up a conversation.
The easiest way to describe McClintock's story is to call him a casualty of the U. To understand, you have to start at the beginning, after that initial meeting in November The woman turned out to be Elke Hermani, a German woman on holiday.
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She and McClintock spent the week together in London. He looked at real estate as part of his business venture during the day. At night, they ate dinner or went to the movies. She picked up English a lot faster than I could ever pick up German. They had nothing in common. McClintock was 56 and twice divorced.
Born in Paducah, Ky. He started touring at age 12 with the father of the founders of the Jordanaires, a well-known gospel quartet. Now he was settled in Bradenton and owned a music label, Hurricane Records. Hermani, 29, was from Bonn, Germany. She wanted to be a flight attendant but didn't know enough English to be hired by the airlines, McClintock said.
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Despite their disparate backgrounds, they stayed together, keeping in touch by telephone after parting ways. She began taking English lessons. As their relationship blossomed, McClintock fell in love.
