The voice of Frosty the Snowman was a jolly, happy—and prolific—soul.

While Jackie Vernon —who brought the character to life in the 1969 animated holiday special—welcomed three children with wife Hazel Vernon during his lifetime, the late stand-up comic allegedly fathered several kids that he kept hidden from other family members.

Jackie’s son David Vernon revealed he learned of his father’s past during a surprise visit to his family home from an unexpected guest during his youth.

“There was a woman there with a kid who was older than I was,” David said on the Nov. 30 episode of Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia . “He was probably in his late teens and a little rough around the edges looking.”

When the woman asked to speak with Jackie, David told her that he was “

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