Paul McCartney.
I almost killed him. He was standing behind me at a bedding and linens store in Beverly Hills (I was on vacation and he was shopping). I turned quickly and walked right into him like a linebacker. I apologized. He slapped me. I punched him in the throat. He kicked me in the nuts. I Hulk smashed him between the shoulder blades. He finally fell.
None of this is true except me almost knocking him over.
Well, not the most famous, but a terrific coincidence.
Jonathan Raban, author of Passage To Juneau and Bad Land, among others, happened to have his sailboat, the Penelope, featured in Passage To Juneau, in a slip with an open slip next to it when I was moving my sailboat from another slip. So I had my girl transferred to the slip next to the Penelope. Now, at the time, I wasn't 100% that this Penelope was Raban's Penelope, but I knew that he had recently moved to Seattle, and I took an educated guess. Figured that if it wasn't his, oh well, no great loss.
Turned out it was his Penelope, and it turned out wonderfully--nothing like talking books and barnacles. Ended up with signed 1st/1st editions of...yah, pretty much everything he's published. Lovely man and really good at polishing teak.
Oddly, a lot of the famous or semi-famous people I've met and gotten to know are from the marina. Paul Allen (RIP) was wonderful, caring and kind, sending the crew of his Tatoosh over to secure my lines, among other things. The crew of the Northwestern, of Discovery's Deadliest Catch, and a handful of others.
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I've met, and sometimes known well, a number of famous people. Michael Corcoran (character actor who bought me many a drink), Robin Richmond (host of The Organist Entertains, drank in my local), Dennis Waterman (actor, singer and a passenger in my cab). The most internationally famous person I can think of was (and probably still is) Kate Bush. She was recording at Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles recorded Abbey Road. And yes, the Beatles included Paul McCartney, the man Ping tried to kill. Anyway, twice I was called upon to pick up Ms Bush and her boyfriend and take them home. Sadly, not my home. I would so have liked a threesome with them.
PS: I have heard it said that one in Kate Bush is worth ten in the hand.
the company I was working for heard a charity golf tournament, there I met Sean Connery
I love Sean Connery - he can definitely get it! I met Robin Williams and he was absolutely great.
Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
I lived and live in a small town with a large equestrian presences and a major steeple chase horse race. Back in the 1960s I've met Mrs. Marion DuPont Scott, William F. Buckley Jr. and his brother Reid, who still lives here and teaches art classes from time to time.
However the two most famous, at least to me, who I've had the opportunity to work with and lift a few beers are:
BMCM/MDV Carl Brashear, the first black US Navy Master Diver.
EMCM/MDV Mary Bonnin, the first female US Navy Master Diver.
HOO YAH! DEEP SEA!
I have met a few in many different settings from camping to hotel stays to business
My list is diverse and I have no idea how I happened to be at the right place at the right time with many.
TOM Selleck
Bill Gates
Linda Carter
Pierce Brosnan
Bill Walton
Has anyone ever met Sprite? I think she's really an AI Bot.
I met Barack Obama back when he ran in 08. So did my kids. Gotta admit, he has an INCREDIBLE magnetism in real life. And he wasn't even President yet.
John Cuzak bummed a cigarette from me and bought me a beer at a bar once.
When I worked at Rockefeller Center I met Maria Schriver, Al Roker (got a stink look from him), Penn Gillette (elevator ride, VERY nice guy), Joan Collins (also the elevator, she was scary looking, and had a half an inch of make-up on), and I saw Robin Williams in the elevator (you spend lot of time in elevators at 30 Rock).
Either Alan Rickman or Billy Connolly.
Maynard James Keenan in San Antonio right after a Puscifer show. He came out and talked to some of us. I got a photo with him and a few CDs. He was very nice!
Also, Tommy Lee when I was in Vegas one time. He autographed the top of my breast, lol. I have a photo of that somewhere, too...
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”
― Carl Sagan
While I was in the army I had lunch with Charlton Heston. I was his pilot. He was a lot more weathered than I expected plus tall and skinny.
I met George Harrison's cat once. It was a Siamese and disdained cat food. It ate salmon and not the canned sort either.
Princess Diana at a charity event many years ago.
HM Queen Elizabeth II. I was just one person in a line, but we did speak.
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