Who is Benny Baker from Growing Up and what is their importance? Growing_Up_(autobiography) English & Literature Benny Baker | Growing Up

Benny is Russell's father. He is a drinker, a habit that his wife Lucy hates but which she cannot break him of. Benny impregnates Lucy before they're married, and against his matriarchal mother's wishes, he marries her. Benny is diabetic, but he has no treatment for his disease. He dies of his diabetes at a young age, leaving Lucy with three small children.