The Most Famous Person You've Met

Robert Hillyard, orthopedic surgeon. He saved my foot!
 
I was at a Club Med in Bermuda, where Johnny Rotten(John Lydon) of the Sex Pistols had been staying for a month. We didn't know who he was, but we had dinner with him several nights, and all the younger people came to say hi. It wasn't until we were back in the states, and I asked a young woman at work if she knew who he was. He was a nice enough chap.
 
Richard Petty. He was always my favorite. One year we bought infield passes at Atlanta in hopes of getting up-close and personal with some of the drivers. We hadn't seen anyone yet, and as we walked by the media center here comes the King himself. I politely asked for an autograph and he said "sure, walk with me" and I'm walking on one side taking his picture while my wife is on the other having him autograph our program. He moves fast for an old guy :D
 
My grandmother was wardrobe mistress for the shows at the Palmer House and Conrad Hilton in the '60s. I got to meet Jimmy Durante and Frank Gorshin.

I met Carlos Hathcock at the PGCA show in Monroeville, PA in the '90s.
 
Phylis George

I met Phylis George (Miss America 1971) and Miss North Carolina on Marine base in 1971. She kissed me on the cheek!
 
Two years ago my wife and I stayed at the Hilton in Denver when we were on a bus tour and they were having a Medal of Honor winner convention there. I met a Medal of Honor winner on the elevator and he was wearing it. i was so flabbergasted by the chance meeting I forgot to get his name and truth be told I was a little choked up.
 
I once was part of the security detail for President Reagan. They wanted me to help when Hillary was in town a couple of years ago. I had something else to do that day. Oh yeah, I've met rburg.
 
Hermann said:
Giorgio Armani on the slopes in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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He seems like an interesting fellow. Fairly conservative and a few friends that have met him say that he's very down to earth and friendly. Makes a mighty fine suit or sport coat, too!

I workout at the same gym as Robert Irvine. He's a little more personable in real life than on his show, but not much. I would hate to work for him, but I certainly understand his personality......
 
I'll start with the most infamous, John Daly. Very nice person. Most famous is Fred Thompson. I have an old pair of my running shoes autographed by Florence Griffith Joyner & husband Al Joyner.
 
I've met rburg and I've helped wrangle passes to get Charlie Sherrill & crew thru the back door at National Gun Day.
 
I met Arnold when he was in the Mr. Olympia in Columbus, Ohio in 1978.
I met Oliver North when he spoke at Baldwin-Wallace College in 1999 and we had quite a conversation (Marine talk.)
I was a friend and student of Carlos Hathcock, famous Marine sniper during Vietnam (more Marine stuff.) He was very emotional and I recall we cried a couple times together.
Semper fi,

Dave Swaffield
 
My ex wife won a contest at Burger King when she was young and got to have lunch with Ann B. Davis (Alice on the Brady Bunch). I got a lot of mileage out of that one over the years. Still use it now and then to needle her a bit. All in good fun. We're friends still. I also understand that Ann B. is a pretty good person, so in reality she got to meet a celeb and receive a free burger. I guess we've all had worse days.
 
Famous folk huh? Howard Cosell (SP) at the Football hall of fame in the seventies as a kid- what an small frail lookin man he was - he wasn't very nice at all... left an impression

A few Big name preachers and some Christian music artists- all of whom have been decent folk even behind the scenes. Even got to sing with Carmen if any of ya know him... that was kida fun for a guy who don't sing especially well ;)

I don't get very star struck not real upo in their face so a few doors have opened to pick up and help over the years. I even have taken a few shooting and forgot until they reminded me how much fun they had...

I enjoy treatin the famous as regular folk and knowing them outside of the fame if it happens.

I have an uncle who ran some serious hotels/casinos as the building super over the years in NYC and Atlantic city... He is the same way not apt to be star struck and as such some neat doors have opened for him.
 
Too many to recall, but here's a few that I can recall off the top of my head.

Proudest current - US Senator Scott Brown (just as down to earth in person as you've seen him on TV).

Least wanted to meet - Tricky Dick Nixon as he was campaigning for Prez. Couldn't avoid shaking hands as he extended his to me and couldn't wait to wash it off afterwards. I was News Director at my college radio station (an ABC Affiliate) and thus met all candidates for Prez and VP in 1968 (excluding Bobby Kennedy and one other VP candidate).

I interviewed Eliot Richardson at Nixon HQ-Boston the night of the election. Elliot Richardson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Randomly:

Don Rickles
Ted Kennedy (before he murdered Mary Jo)
many popular wrestlers in the 1960s
numerous MA governors, state senators/reps
numerous singers/bands from the 1960s-1970s
NYC Mayor Koch
Robert Ballard - fascinating man
 
For you cyclists:
1. Eddy Merckx (the greatest cyclist of all time. Surprisingly quiet and humble, despite his nickname "the cannibal")
2. Lance Armstrong (the greatest modern cyclist. A bit arrogant in his younger,pre-cancer days)
3. George Hincapie (multiple USPRO champion, TDF yellow jersey holder and stage winner. A genuine nice guy)
4. Many others at the elite levels of the sport.Too many to name here.
 
LBJ in '68

He sent me a signed copy of our pic along with his business card. All the card had on it was "The President".

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I met Meryl Streep in the post office line one day. I used to play racquetball in a gym/club owned by Yogi Berra. The afore-mentioned post office was in Yogi's home town. We had a lot of famous people who lived there and most of us made it a point not to bother them, it was their home too. Ms. Streep had relatives there that she visited often. I had a nice chat with Grace Slick when she was on a local radio show here. She quit performing because she thought that after forty, one looks ridiculous standing on stage singing teen rebellion songs and prancing around. I agree.

Russ
 
I met quite a few,Kris Kristofferson, Rickie Medlock ,Dee Snyder(who by the way is a really nice person) are a few.To me the most famous and important person was Charlton Heston at a NRA vote freedom first rally..I was just leaving the hall where he spoke and he walked up and asked how i was doing..no camera or nothing on me..way kewl guy.
 
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