When three's a crowd

By Rosemarie Milsom
June 19 2015 - 9:00pm
At 15,  schoolgirl  Bunkie King started sharing Jack Thompson with her sister Leona.  Picture: Nic Walker
At 15, schoolgirl Bunkie King started sharing Jack Thompson with her sister Leona. Picture: Nic Walker

THERE is little doubt that Jack "The Lad" Thompson used his relationship with two sisters during the 1970s to boost his image as a sex symbol and loveable larrikin. In 1974, he was interviewed by a journalist for the first time about the unusual arrangement and the subsequent story was published in The Daily Telegraph with the headline, "Jack and his Jills".

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