You stated that "memory" is prabably a good part of the issue. I gave you an option to start with. You gotta start somewhere. Hell don't take my word for it. Go ahead and fuel your curiosity. Call Denny and test his memory. Until THEN I'll choose to put these doubts of yours in my lost memory bank.
I don't know the guy. Not my responsibility to chase it, anyway. It's up to the story teller to prove it. Until then it's just entertainment.