Get this — the same guy who’s pushing for government intervention today, allowed his own father to die in 1988. DeLay’s Own Tragic Crossroads : DeLay’s Own Tragic Crossroads By Walter F. Roche Jr. and Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writers CANYON LAKE, Texas — A family tragedy that unfolded in a Texas hospital during the fall of 1988 was a private ordeal — without judges, emergency sessions of Congress.. Read More