Spin off thread: who is the most famous person that lives closest to you?

[megomania]

In high school future NHL players Ed Patterson (Penguins), Turner Stevenson (Canadiens) and Corey Schwab (drafted by the Devils) all lived at my Aunts house, directly across the street from my grandparents where I basically grew up.

They played for the Seattle Thunderbirds at the time and families received free season tickets for sponsoring the Canadian players.

We all went to HS together for a year.

-Chris

[superherocrazy]

Mike Mussina who pitched for the Baltimore Orioles and NY Yankees.

[Mikey]

Where I grew up in NJ (surrounding close towns)....

Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley --- who's exploits were portrayed in the film They Were Expendable

Kirk Alynn (First Superman)

Michael Landon

Hervé Villechaize

(first Friday the 13th movie 1980)

[johnnystorm]

Davy Jones of the Monkees owned a small farm about 10 miles from my town. Saw him at the mall a couple times before he passed away.
When I was a kid Jack Palance used to live near my grandparents. I saw him a few times too, once at the grocery store. He scared the heck out of me!

[TrekStar]

New Kids on the Block and the Wahlbergs, the Wahlbergs lived in Dorchester about 20 minutes from me
my friends younger brother knew them and I met them back around the late 80's played some pick up playground
basketball and softball with them once, just remember a bunch of pimple face googley eye teeny boppers
watching and wanting to hang out.

[drquest]

screenwriter Bob Gale went to my high school (about 15 years before me, but still . . . )

That's cool. I got to sit directly behind Bob Gale during a Back to the Future showing in St. Louis when the Symphony was playing it. He was sitting with his father and I got to speak with him after the show.

[Iron Mego]

Sid Haig I guess. Have seen him around a number of times over the years.

Would've been Richard Kiel till he died. Met him at an orthopedists office when I was a kid. He was there for his joints, I was there because of a field hockey injury.

Britney Spears was around these parts for awhile when she was married to Kevin Federline. He was a local boy.

A lot of famous people have come from here, but most don't stick around.

[ZMOQ]

New Kids on the Block and the Wahlbergs, the Wahlbergs lived in Dorchester about 20 minutes from me
my friends younger brother knew them and I met them back around the late 80's played some pick up playground
basketball and softball with them once, just remember a bunch of pimple face googley eye teeny boppers
watching and wanting to hang out.

Ugh, my sympathies. That was a very bad time to know the Wahlbergs, especially because of what scumbag Marky Mark did to elderly Asian men, and young African-American schoolkids who were all minding their own business. Basically, being a minority person within striking distance of the Wahlbergs could be dangerous, through no fault of theirs and completely the fault of Wahlberg. He got off with a slap on the wrist.

Once I found out about Marky Mark's sordid past, I have refused to see any of his movies since, especially because even as an adult and a famous movie star, he has refused to own up to what he did, apologize and pay restitution to his victims.

Hell, if I had done something like that as a punk teenager, I sure as hell would try to make amends as an adult. I guess I was raised right by my parents.

[ZMOQ]

Famous people who live close to me?

Linda Ronstadt and Kirk Hammett (Metallica). Both of them are about a mile and a half from where I am. I'd never bumped into them at restaurants or stores or anything, but I have driven in their hoity-toity part of town while going to weekend estate sales.

[Brue]

How famous? Scott Baio famous or George Clooney famous?

I live a couple miles from OSU, so many OSU athletes live near by.

I live less than 5 miles from Mego Meet organizer/Mego Museum admin Steve Moore.

[PNGwynne]

Steve Moore? That's nothing--I know a guy who built a real Jokermobile.

[Nostalgiabuff]

Liam Neeson lives in the next town over
Mary Tyler Moore, James Earl Jones, Kevin Bacon and his wife, all live locally. Years ago my brothers room mates carpeted James Earl's computer room
Daryl Hall, Mathew Modine, just to name a few
David Bowie had a place just across the river
Eddie Murphy used to live on a property right behind a friends, of course that ended when he was caught cheating and his wife dumped his ***
Cpt Lou Albano was local(about an hour) for many years until his sad passing. my brother actually carpeted his house in the eighties

you would think with all these celebs near by I would run into at least one of them at some point, but no such luck

[Nostalgiabuff]

oh, and Wendy and Richard Pini live near by, I actually did meet Richard once. I actually dated a girl who lived a few houses over from them, back in the early nineties

[megowgsh]

Art Baltazar followed closely by Alex Ross

[LordMudd]

Bjo Trimble.