The Most Famous Person You've Met

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of Trinidad & Tobago back in 2007. And also the Energy Minister, a female who was very near to full term with child. I really enjoyed meeting the Trinidadians. They have an oil and gas based economy(mostly NG now) and are trying to build some industrial infrastructure rather than just exporting raw gas.
 
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when I worked at Academy Sporting Goods in TX, I met Both Bill Dance, and Charles Spence with Strike King Lures, and Helped them pick out both a pair of Cowboy boots and they held a little seminar while there.
 
Meet Senator Zell Miller at a community function in Blairsville, Ga. Asked him to sign two copies of his hard cover book, 'Corps Values', for my nephews. Senator Miller asked where I found these, so I told him the truth. I found the copies at a discounted bookstore that sold used and closeouts from other bookstores. My wife told me I should not have been so honest. The inscriptions stated, "There are some good lessons here".

Meet Representative John Lewis at the Atlanta airport. I was on my cell phone, waiting to board my flight, when I recognized him. I automatically said "Representative John Lewis'. He stopped, shook my hand, and asked how I was. A few words later, he went to catch his flight.

Something I noticed about both of these men. Neither is very tall.

Later,
 
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I met Richard Thomas at a restaurant here in Ramona,(John Boy), And have seen Magnum PI, eat at the Waffle House a few times..up here also.
 
Chuck Yeager at Edwards AFB, CA sometime in the late 80s. I was working at the firing range and he was at the base for a presentation of some kind and he came out to the range to shoot in an informal pistol match we had set up. Nice guy.
 
I'll add a couple more-
Bobby Unser at the Motorsports HOF dinner in Detroit where they were honoring the longtime Indy speedway announcer. Nice guy.
For the local detroiters Gary Graff Detroit news music writer and wrif music news reporter. Were actually kinda friendly. I see him at a lot of concerts
Don't know if this was in my last one Twiggy Ramirez, marilyn mansons guitarist, at a concert. He needed a bandaid.
My dad was the set Medic for the movie "Hoffa" and got to know Danny devito and jack nicholson pretty well. He had devito's cell number for a minute.
 
I got to know Jeff Fahey, had lunch with him a few times, when he was in town mentoring some student film makers shooting short films. A met Bobby Unser when I stopped him for speeding. I made the ticket a warning.
 
I lost my best friend, Everett Hetzel last August, he was well known & liked by all, but not exactly famous. Had a way with people I wish I could emulate
 
I flew into Indianapolis for the race in 1990, first class. A.J. Foyt sat right across the isle from me, we both had isle seats. It was an hour flight and we talked all the way. He gave me a newspaper he was reading and signed it, it has his home address mailing label on it, I have it framed.

I was also in a bed and breakfast about 6 years ago in Mississippi. There was only 2 guests, myself and Jane Powell. We had breakfast with her and her husband.

Backstage at many concerts, too many to mention.
 
When I worked for Telecharges parent company I had the opportunity to meet several actors/actesses, Patrick Stewart, Brian Denehy (don't think that's correct spelling but oh well), Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and some others I can't remember. I have since been working as a field service rep for a high end appliance manufacturer and have met Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Kevin Bacon. Bono and I'm sure been in many others homes. Many of them have their assistants or domestic staff call in so they don't get bothered.
 
I dont get much farther than the blackjack tables. I know I played with nancy sinatra and richard gere when it was us at the tables in the wee hours. I was BS,ing with nancy sinantra for quite awhile and didnt know who she was untill my partner came and got me and told me on the way out of the casino. As a universal movie studio guard and a lockheed guard I met uncountable actors and test pilots. I liked gary powers the U-2 pilot shot down in russia. He was real low key. For actors clint walker (cheyanne) was my favorite. I introduced him to my wife a few years ago.

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Probably not considered famous to anyone here, but had the pleasure of meeting and speaking to a Korean war Medal of Honor recipient, P-51 Tuskegee airman pilots from WWll, General Paul Tibbets, plus numerous POW's. To me, those people are famous, not actors or ballplayers.
 
I'll do a two for one since they are kind of connected; however, for non military people I'm sure it means nothing. I once briefed GEN John Shalikashvili when he was the JCS while I was in charge of an OP in Macedonia ('94). My battalion commander at the time was LTC Carter Ham (that's him reenlisting me in '95), who was recently the USAREUR commander and currently the AFRICOM commander. GEN Ham still remembers me after all these years, which is pretty flattering since I'm retired enlisted and was pretty low on the totem poll then (and now!).
 

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