Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead -- Part 9

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Paul McCartney has a net worth of more than $1.2 Billion



More from Part 8:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181139743

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1. When George Gershwin wrote *Porgy and Bess*, Al Jolson wanted to play Porgy...

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2. Tommy Chong used to play with Jimi Hendrix

Does that count?

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3. J. Edgar Hoover forbade his driver to make left turns

Not ideological; he'd been in an accident while turning left.

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/27/archives/exagent-says-hoover-barred-left-turns-on-car-trip.html

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4. Michael J. Pollard came up with the title "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys".

Wikipedia:

The title refers to an inscription written by actor Michael J. Pollard in Jim Capaldi's book while they were both in Morocco. Capaldi and Pollard were planning to work on a movie that was never filmed. Capaldi said:

Pollard and I would sit around writing lyrics all day, talking about Bob Dylan and the Band, thinking up ridiculous plots for the movie. Before I left Morocco, Pollard wrote in my book 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.' For me, it summed him up. He had this tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. The 'Low Spark,' for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning that strong undercurrent at the street level.

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5. George McGovern joined the Army Air Forces in WWII in order to get a free meal.

The staunch liberal Democrat, future Senator from South Dakota, and Presidential candidate was a fledgling pilot when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He and his fellow student pilots marched out together to join the armed forces. They were debating in front of the recruiting station whether to become Army or Navy aviators.

Someone told them that if they joined the Army, instead of the Navy, they would receive a ticket for a free meal at the restaurant next door to the recruiting depot. They chose the Army and got their free meal.

McGovern went on to fly 35 bombing missions over Germany in a B-24 Liberator bomber.

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6. Al Pacino abhors "small talk." Told me that when he and I were 13 yrs. old.

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7. While still in high school, Chuck Berry was convicted of armed robbery,

and was sent to a reformatory, where he was held from 1944 to 1947.

After his release, he settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant.

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8. Little Walter is the only artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

specifically as a harmonica player.

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9. John Candy died at 43

Probably from a heart attack, but since no autopsy was done, they don't know for sure.

He died in his sleep.

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10. Writer Stanley Booth has written extensively about Keith Richards, Otis Redding,

Janis Joplin, James Brown, Elvis Presley, Gram Parsons, B.B. King and Al Green.
He chronicled his travels with The Rolling Stones in several of his works.

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11. Little Richard is still alive - he's 86.

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12. As a child, when he was alone in his room, Jonathan Winters would create

characters and interview himself.

By the time he was in high school, he had developed a repertoire of strange sound effects.