Everyone, including himself says he shouldn't have said it and he shouldn't. But he didn't do the stealing, he just had a drunken row with her husband about it. (it's only the fact that he is now dead that makes it sound worse)
He would have to be saintly though to resist firing back with a comment he knew would hurt her under all the flak he was taking.
We have all got 'bottom drawer' material to use in the event of an emergency.
In truth, I wanted to like him - and his funny 'dad like' quips were amusing but I couldn't help feeling slightly uneasy about his innuendos to the young girls. I'm of a similar age and I would never make regular lewd or salacious comments to girls of their ages.