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In reply to the discussion: Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead -- Part 9 [View all]red dog 1
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Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead -- Part 9 [View all]
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Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander was named after one President of the United States..
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George Clooney and director David O. Russell got into a fight during the filming of
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During his early days performing as a guitarist, a friend told Bruce Springsteen that he had an old
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Bob Barker hosted "The Price is Right" from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime
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Jimmy Carter created two new cabinet-level departments, Dept of Energy & Dept of Education
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Teenage climate activist Greta Thurnberg challenged her parents to lower the family's carbon
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When Bruce Springsteen performed at The Spectrum in Philadelphia on December 9, 1980,
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Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who died Monday, was born Robert Burns, and, according to
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Sue Upton, who was the gorgeous blonde from The Benny Hill Show, will turn 65 in a few weeks.
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On his second day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned all the Vietnam War draft evaders.
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Steve Allen not only was the first host of "The Tonight Show," he co-created it.
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Years ago, I used to listen to the "Don & Mike Show" ..a syndicated radio program,
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Herbert Khaury, a.k.a. Jilian Foxglove, Larry Love, Rollie Dell, Darry Dover, Emmett Swink....
Brother Buzz
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Patti Smith once danced off a high stage in Tampa, Fla. & fell 15 feet into a concrete orchestra
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Patti Smith's biggest hit, "Because the Night" was co-written with Bruce Springsteen
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D.A. Pennebaker's documentary about Bob Dylan, "Don't Look Back" was first shown publicly on
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From 1970 to 1971, playwright Sam Shepherd was involved in an extramarital affair with
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Sam Shepherd earned an Academy Award Nomination for his portrayal of Chuck Yeager in
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Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, current Commandant of the Marine Corps...
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Hardin is famous for shooting a guy just because the guy was snoring in the next room.
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In the movie "Get Shorty," which was based on the life of gangster Chili Palmer,
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Nov 2019
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John Ritter actively supported saving the South American rain forests.
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Arthur C. Clarke wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" while staying at the Chelsea Hotel
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In 2004, George Carlin entered a drug rehab center for his addiction to alcohol and Vicodin
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During his early career as a Vaudeville juggler, W.C. Fields never drank,
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Estimates of Robert De Niro's net worth range from $150 million to $500 million
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Dec 2019
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While serving in the U.S. Navy during WW2, Johnny Carson was an amateur boxer
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Robin Williams and Mort Sahl were good friends and lived on the same street in Paradise City, CA.
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Keith Richards plays both lead & rhythm guitar parts, often in the same song.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Academy Award for Best Actor for "Capote"
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John Dingell served as a page for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1938 to 1943
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William Randolph Hearst was twice elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
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The singer on "Surfin' Bird" was the drummer for The Trashmen, Steve Wahrer.
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Jan 2020
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Steve Wahrer was entertaining as Hell after consuming a quart of fortified wine
Brother Buzz
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Bernie Sanders was U.S. Congressman for 16 years before he became a U.S. Senator
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Clint Eastwood was born in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood.
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In the 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally," the one who uttered the line "I'll have what she's having"
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John Ritter's final live action film was "Bad Santa" (2003), which was dedicated to his memory.
MatthewHatesTrump2
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Henry Winkler's biggest competeter for the role of The Fonz was "Monkee" Mickey Dolenz
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Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen is the one who came up with the name "Jefferson Airplane"
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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was one of the writers on "Have Gun Will Travel"
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When Pat Conroy's first novel "The Great Santini" came out, members of his mother's
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In 1951, Neil Young had Polio during an outbreak of the disease in Ontario, Canada
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As a young man Tom Petty worked on the grounds crew at the University of Florida. A lime tree he
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Neil Young and Stephen Stills have been best friends since they were teenagers in Canada.
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Although at one time Robin Williams was worth $100 million, at the time of his death
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Jaime Pressley played Joy Turner in "My Name Is Earl," for which she was nominated
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Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson once dated Greg Brady, her oldest Brady step-son
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Patti Smith is playing San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium today, Sunday, March 8
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In 1974, Phil Spector was thrown through the windshield of his car in a crash in Hollywood
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Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland
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John Harvey Kellogg, along with his brother Will Keith Kellogg, invented corn flakes
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John Wayne credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Wyatt Earp.
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