Download or read book Meeting Famous People written by Dek Thornton Jr. and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “…I just stood and in my vagabondage homo way flicked a ‘V’ sign, realising I would never get to talk to the insightful Madam of Sex…” Entertaining brief encounters with the variously talented musicians, actors and artistes who might - or might not - have crossed paths with the “strange Druid man”. Willem Dafoe 11 River Phoenix 12 Stephen Collins/Richie Havens 13 Michaela Strachen 14 Kirk Brandon 15 Bronagh Gallagher 16 Ian Holm 17 Germaine Greer 18 Gary Kemp 19 Tony Hadley 20 Zoe Ball 21 Kate Moss/The Killers 22 Jonathan Ross 23 Malcolm McLaren 24 The Ghost of Sid Vicious 25 John Lurie 26 Tenpole Tudor 27 Larry McDonald 28 The Saxophonist of Dexys 30 Kevin Rowland 33 The Spirit of Elvis 36 John Lennon’s Dakota 38 David Bowie 41 Matt Dillon 44 John Oates 45 Mike Baldwin/Peter Withe 46 Marty Wilde (1973) 48 Brian Jacks 49 William Hurt 50 Quentin Crisp 52 Will Self 56 David Byrne (Talking Heads) 58 Sir Tommy Cooper (Live) 60 Sir Ronnie Barker 63 Mark Addy 67 Prof Stephen Hawking 68 Paul Reaney (Leeds Utd) 70 Derek Statham 71 Mayor Koch 74 Tanita Tikaram 76 Bill Nelson (Be-bop Deluxe) 77 Colonel Jim Bowie (Statue) 79 Robert Falcon Scott (Statue) 81 Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave 82 Henrik Ibsen. (Statue) 83 The Unknown Soldier 84 Sir Richard Branson 85 Herbjorg Wassmo 86 Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers 88 Brooke Shields 90 SAS/SBS (Poole) 91 Stupid Sidekick (Hollywood) 92 A Son of Solzhenitsyn 93 Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster) 94 ‘The Hustler’ Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason 96 Butch Wilkins/Glenn Hoddle/Alan Shearer 99 Jesus Christ 102 Michael J. Fox 106 Mr Kipling’s Voice 107 ‘Buzz’ Aldrin 108 Jordan’s Limo 109 Robert ‘Chocolate’ Thornton 110 Pete Townshend (The Who) 112 Chris Helm. (Seahorses) 113 Chris Jagger. (Mick’s brother) 115 Philip Glass 118 Jonah Barrington 119 Kathrine Hepburn’s Friend 121 J.C. McGinley (Sgt Red O’Neill, Platoon) 123 Jello Biafra. (Dead Kennedys) 124 Willie Thorn. (Snooker) 125 Badger Tarrant (Love child) 127 Daniel Bowie (Love child) 129 Santa Claus 131 Mr Bo Jangles 132 Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein) 133 Most Famously witnessed 134 ‘The Mugger’ (NYC) 135 Robert de Niro (Tribeca) 137 Porto football team 139 Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor (1989, NYC.) 140 Ken Bailey (England Football mascot) 141 Ken Campbell (Edinburgh Fringe, 1991) 142