Ted Cott loved to take his sons Jonathan and Jeremy to Brooklyn Dodgers games in the 1950's. They came home with baseballs signed by all the Hall of Famers.
Cousin of David Susskind, whose long-running talk show first began on WNTA-TV (Channel 13, now WNET) in Newark, NJ in 1958 while Cott was program director.
Had three other children with Susan Oakland: James, Thomas and Patrick.