They were both as common as an old shoe, yet dignified. Many Hollywood people, as you might imagine, aren’t like that, especially today.
I saw Ronnie’s temper back in the early 70’s when I worked on a show he did. Not terribly dignified that day. Matter of fact, his security people extracted him from the scene and hustled out of the studio. But I guess your common as an old shoe description is accurate, he wasn’t given to a lot of pretense.
Somewhere around here I have the little secret service lapel tag from the 84 campaign.