The Most Famous Person You've Met

Mr Hockey Gordie Howe. He was in the stands at a Sabres game to watch his son Mark Howe. Buffalo’s old Memorial Auditorium, early 80s probably. During pre game skate in an almost empty arena he was sitting a few rows from me. I asked him for an autograph and you’d have thought I asked for a kidney. I was about 12 yrs old. He was kind of a jerk.
 
Spent a day with Alice Crimmins aboard her yacht some decades ago. When she opened the wheelhouse door and our eyes met, she knew I knew who she was.
Both from the old neighborhood.
She apologized for her fat cat gangster husband's behavior that day.
Just another reason to always carry.
 
I had my picture taken in my police uniform w/President Reagan when he came to our city to kick off the United Way fund drive. It was a chance encounter and he was very gracious, super nice guy.
 
The most memorable for me was Carlos Hathcock - twice, about a year apart...The second time he recognized me out of a crowd, and called me by name...His was a distinctive voice, one I knew instantly on the second occurrence...I had a private sitdown with him for maybe a half hour each time...For him it was a forced sitdown in his wheelchair...He could no longer walk, yet had a strong, firm handshake...

They are memories I treasure...:cool:...Ben
 
Floyd Bekins Jr. of the Bekins moving company. That was around 1965 in AZ. I shook hands with him and he was introduced to me only as a friend. My BIL told me a short time later that he was probably the richest man I'll ever met. My BIL was buying some heavy equipment from him in a junk yard of all places.
 
Sold a cheesecake to Merlin Olsen out of a bakery/cafe in Aspen back in the early 80's. Told him he looked like Merlin Olsen and he said that was a good thing since that's who he was.

Had half the band Sweet on stage with our band after meeting backstage at a festival. Guys were a riot.

Rode in a service elevator with Nancy and Ann Heart and a couple other band members. That was maybe late '79.

Was told that I loaded Jane Fonda on to a chairlift up in Aspen but was unconfirmed. Met Ted Turner who was out walking his dogs at a much later date.

Won't count many brushes with musicians that were in passing.
 
Met or seen up close…...Most in NY

Lou Dobbs, ex business news anchor in an elevator on 7th Ave, early 80’s.

Whitey Ford, Jim Bouton, Elston Howard, Reggie Jackson, in the bleachers next to the bullpen. Bouton was a trip.

Cardinal O’Connor on 5th Ave getting out of a limo. Pleasant guy.

Joan Rivers, in a bagel shop in midtown. She was at the table right next to us.

Lou Reed @ Avery Fisher Hall. He mingled with the audience. One crazy dude.

THE legend Mario Andretti @ a car show in Carlisle PA.

Todd Juecter, chief engineer for Corvettes. ^^^^^

Jesse Jackson getting out of a limo ifo Union Station DC. Ear glued to his phone.

Dolly Parton, helped deliver some furniture to her 5th Avenue apt. OMG :eek: :cool:

Islanders goalie Billy Smith @ Shea Stadium and the Meadowlands for J-E-T-S games. Big time tailgater.

Kim Alexis, swimsuit model, I did some low voltage wiring in her and Ron Duguay’s house in Rye. Down to earth.

Others that skip my fading memory.
 
If ball players count then more than I can name without a roster. I grew up near Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida. There was no fence or wall on the outfield at the time, just a berm. We (local kids) would lay on the berm and watch the spring training games and talk to the outfielders. This was from the late 50's to mid 60's (found girls and got a motorcycle). Any team training in Florida came through and the outfielders would usually answer our questions,
 
DesertFox said:
Sold a cheesecake to Merlin Olsen out of a bakery/cafe in Aspen back in the early 80's. Told him he looked like Merlin Olsen and he said that was a good thing since that's who he was.

Had half the band Sweet on stage with our band after meeting backstage at a festival. Guys were a riot.

Rode in a service elevator with Nancy and Ann Heart and a couple other band members. That was maybe late '79.

Was told that I loaded Jane Fonda on to a chairlift up in Aspen but was unconfirmed. Met Ted Turner who was out walking his dogs at a much later date.

Won't count many brushes with musicians that were in passing.
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got you beat. I listened to Heart practice, in a friends basement all the time. Their original drummer Mike lived 2 blocks from me, and his little brother Desmond was in my class at school. I ran into Mike years later at a Richard Marx concert.
 
Dan is our HOA president, and a friend. Now being portrayed in a movie as the lead detective, which he was, who nabbed a serial killer.

Det. Danny Baldwin in "Capturing the Killer Nurse," a documentary intended to be a companion release to the Netflix movie "The Good Nurse." The film is based on the story of New Jersey serial killer Charles Cullen



 
A high school classmate has been my senator for years.I thought it was interesting that he was already the head boy of my jr high by the age of 15.
 
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