�������t¶��

For nearly a decade, the wealthy, white Buck lured young Black men at the lowest points in their lives — homeless, addicted, resorting to subsistence-level sex work — into what he called “party and play” sessions.

Struggling parents did what they could to get their children on board, and those summer job paychecks paid for the white buck shoes and the V-neck tennis sweater.

But it wasn’t until the 21st century that Mr. Boone, he of the white buck shoes and glass of milk at the ready, wept on cue, filming an emotional scene for “The Mulligan,” a film due in 2022 with a golfing motif and a message that God offers multiple “do-overs” through a saving relationship with Jesus.

He stares at her with his giant, bulging eyes, and he has a feeling that she likes what she sees when she stares back: the pearly white buck teeth.

Mr. Dresser, a pet-reality TV pioneer, ran a popular webcam called Bklyn Bunny starring Roebling, a white buck with a stylish black eyepatch, from 2005 until Roebling’s death last year.