He frowned, and having shaken the snow off his cap and coat, stopped in front of the icons as if not seeing anyone, crossed himself three times, and bowed to the icons. View in context They then threw the painting on the ground, breaking the icon into three parts.
Bernard âBernieâ Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education.
Bernie Sanders is a married man. He married Deborah Shilling in 1964 and bought a summer home in Vermont. The pair had no children and they divorced in 1966. Levi Sanders, his son was born in 1969 to girlfriend Susan Campbell Mott. In 1988, Sanders married Jane OâMeara Driscoll. She later became president of Burlington College, in Burlington, Vermont.