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Who is the most Famous or influential person you've ever met?

Posted on 08/26/2016 7:27:58 AM PDT by gigster

My most famous or influential people include Red Skelton, B. B. King, Tim Allen at a party, and Tom Gale, The designer and collaborator with Bob Lutz on the Dodge Viper and variants.


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To: gigster

Worked for General Al Haig. Guarded Vice President Bush at the Iowa Air National Guard as he campaigned for the Republican nomination. Met President Ford at a rally in Ames, Iowa. Knew Larry Storch as a child.


21 posted on 08/26/2016 7:34:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: gigster

Clarence Thomas.


22 posted on 08/26/2016 7:35:00 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: gigster

My wife, a writer. That is why she kept her last name when we married.


23 posted on 08/26/2016 7:35:18 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BlueStateRightist

Joe DiMaggio!!!


24 posted on 08/26/2016 7:35:19 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: gigster

Ronald Reagan


25 posted on 08/26/2016 7:35:42 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: gigster

Edward Teller


26 posted on 08/26/2016 7:35:48 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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27 posted on 08/26/2016 7:36:05 AM PDT by knarf
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To: Resettozero

Most famous: Lord Jesus Christ

Famous One- Chris Tomlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwWOH_ZRtSg


28 posted on 08/26/2016 7:36:09 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: gigster

I met Red Skelton on the day in July of 1981 when I was flying out to Juneau Alaska for a once in a life Fishing trip. He was on the prop-driven plane we were to take to Milwaukee to get connecting flights. He cracked jokes all the way there and when he saw me, (I’m 6’3”), he cracked: “Look at this guy, he’s big enough to be his own state!”


29 posted on 08/26/2016 7:36:45 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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W. Bush and assorted politicians in New Hampshire. The McCains were actually nice, as were most other pols. The only real jerk I ran into was John Sununu—the old man, not his son the former senator.


30 posted on 08/26/2016 7:37:47 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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G Gordon Liddy at Sturgis in 2003. He rode his Harley there from DC.
31 posted on 08/26/2016 7:37:56 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: gigster

Does Jim Nasium count?


32 posted on 08/26/2016 7:38:24 AM PDT by IC Ken
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Richard Nixon,CIC back in the early 70’s while stationed in South Korea, 2nd Inf. Div.

Alexander Haig about the same time.

George Foreman, at the bank, was also a neighbor.


33 posted on 08/26/2016 7:38:26 AM PDT by eastforker (The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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Edward Teller


34 posted on 08/26/2016 7:38:59 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Haig was awesome that day when Reagan got shot


35 posted on 08/26/2016 7:39:03 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Larry Storch is still around and kicking.


36 posted on 08/26/2016 7:39:07 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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JFK here too——back in the early 50s.

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37 posted on 08/26/2016 7:39:10 AM PDT by Mears
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To: gigster

I met Bob Hope at the Sandwich Airport in Illinois on the same day Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

. . . but that hardly holds water to October 25, 1976 at 3:45 p.m. when I met Jesus Christ for the first time when he became my personal Saviour!


38 posted on 08/26/2016 7:39:51 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: gigster

Generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Fred Franks Sr., and the Minister of Defense for India.


39 posted on 08/26/2016 7:40:22 AM PDT by Little Pig
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Too many to count. I used to work in tinsel town and rubbed elbows with celebs all the time. The majority of celebs are really decent people, but a few are real turds. Kinda like the general population.

One little story — Sidney Portier once stopped a huge meeting to step into the hallway to chat with me. I think he did it to get the attention of the folks in the room, who were arguing at the top their lungs. He stood up and left the room and they all fell silent. You could have heard a pin drop while we were chatting.

Oh yeah — Cher is as much a bitch as you think she is.


40 posted on 08/26/2016 7:40:31 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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