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Probably Jeff Bagwell. A relative played college ball with him.
 
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Michael Jordan

Oh, and Angus Young sweated on me when I sat front row. But I didn't speak to him.

I sort of spoke to Marvin Hagler once. He was walking down the street with short shorts, white socks pulled up to his knees, carrying a boombox like Radio Raheem. It was the night of a Hit Man Hearns v. Sugar Ray fight. I said, "Hey Marvelous, who's going to win the fight tonight." And he said, "I don't know, and I don't care!"

I used to work for a sports agency called ProServ in Washington DC. David Falk was an agent there at the time. Lots of tennis stars, but some football and basketball too.
 
Martha Stewart
Chris Elliot
Daryl Hannah
Mary from Peter,Paul and Mary
Chloe Sevigny
Jill Goodacre (used to be a Victoria Secret model)
Keith Richards
Patti Hansen (former model)
Dorothy Hamill
Diana Ross
Bryant Gumbel
Jaclyn Smith
Tommy Hilfiger

I used to work in the high end antique centers in Stamford years ago. There is more, but is all I can remember talking to right now.
 
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zyron said:
Martha Stewart
Chris Elliot
Daryl Hannah
Mary from Peter,Paul and Mary
Chloe Sevigny
Jill Goodacre (used to be a Victoria Secret model)
Keith Richards
Dorothy Hamill
Diana Ross

I used to work in the high end antique centers in Stamford years ago. There is more, but is all I can remember talking to right now.
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We're only looking for one, name dropper.
 
Roy Orbison (gentle and cool)
Bill Russel (asked about Calvin)
Calvin Murphy (heart of a lion)
George Burns (warm, funny, authentic)
Dick Van Dyke (gracious, warm funny)
Alan Arkin (good dude, excellent guitar player)
Moses (Charlton Heston: )
Bill Cosby ()
Mike Tyson (interesting)
James Coburn (very cool cat)
Former convict (Gov) John G. Rowland (super )
Hugh Heffner (surprisingly pretty down to earth, all things considered)
Tommy Lasorta (character)
 
Oscar Robertson was the coolest, but most famous was probably Susan Sarandon or Letterman. or maybe Brian Williams. I guess it depends what you definition of famous is.
 
I ended up in an elevator with Jimmy Johnson (nascar) & Ludacris when I was 13 but meeting Chris pratt yesterday at a sneak peak screening of magnificent 7 was awesome. Great guy.
 
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upstater said:
Michael Jordan

Oh, and Angus Young sweated on me when I sat front row. But I didn't speak to him.

I sort of spoke to Marvin Hagler once. He was walking down the street with short shorts, white socks pulled up to his knees, carrying a boombox like Radio Raheem. It was the night of a Hit Man Hearns v. Sugar Ray fight. I said, "Hey Marvelous, who's going to win the fight tonight." And he said, "I don't know, and I don't care!"

I used to work for a sports agency called ProServ in Washington DC. David Falk was an agent there at the time. Lots of tennis stars, but some football and basketball too.
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I met Marvin Hagler when I was a kid at Malpensa airport in Milan.
Also:
Christina Augliera
Marshall Faulk
Eminem
 
Brent Liles (RIP). Non 80s punks probably won't know who he was.
 
not most famous but most interesting conversation with a "famous" person was with Greg Maddox in 2002 on the field at Diamondback stadium in Phoenix during batting practice
All he wanted to talk about was UConn basketball and how he absolutely admired Jim Calhoun
The guy knows his College BB

others:
Donald Trump many years ago on several occasions
JC - talk to him in Madison (usually at the Cumberland Farms)
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
George W and his father a few time in Kennebunkport
John McCain
Red Aurbach - at preseason camp on several occasions
Larry Bird- " "
Kevin McHale- " "
JoJo White- """
Bill Walton- at Celtics camps and GD/RatDog concerts
Ray Allen - his mother worked for me
Bill Belichik
Kevin Costner
 
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Got a handshake and a "How ya doin'?" from Obama.

UConn-wise, probably Jeremy Lamb, Donny Marshall, or the beast in my avatar. The one time I was introduced to JC in person, I was far too young to participate in the conversation.
 
gtcam said:
George W and his father a few time in Kennebunkport
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During the summer of '05, we were out to dinner at Grissini's and saw Barbara along with a pack of Secret Service agents. Definitely a sight to behold.
 
Timothy Leary. Couple of friends and I walked him to his car after a talk. He was baked to a crisp that night. But then we likely were as well.

Robert Anton Wilson, author of The Illuminatus Trilogy, Cosmic Trigger, and many other "think outside the box" stuff. Had the pleasure of speaking with him at length one day. I loved his mind, great speaker too.
 
I don't really know who would be the "most" famous. I've had some odd conversations over the years.

I speak to Pirates' FO (Hurdle, Huntington, Coonelly, Nutting) every year.
Nomar (across aisle on a flight from Dallas after he injured his arm vs Texas)
Bob Novak (bizarre conversation about Scott Peterson case on a plane)
Jim Carville (often spoke at a grocery in Alexandria)
George Will (conversation about Mussina trade morning after it happened at a National Airport bookstore)
Ed Rendell (his photo op at our store to "support local businesses")
Dick Durbin (epic half hour baseball conversation with a sprinkling of Obamacare thrown in during campaign stop at our store, love this guy)
George H.W. Bush & Brent Scowcroft (at Cape Arundel GC while they were getting ready to drive to first tee and we were held hostage by Secret Service. Amusing guy, that Bush. But the SS guys were a real scream.)

Odd thing is, I've never been in politics.
 
storrsroars said:
I don't really know who would be the "most" famous. I've had some odd conversations over the years.

I speak to Pirates' FO (Hurdle, Huntington, Coonelly, Nutting) every year.
Nomar (across aisle on a flight from Dallas after he injured his arm vs Texas)
Bobby V. (had an adjacent table at his restaurant following the Todd Pratt HR game vs Arizona. Ralph Branca also there, but didn't talk to him).
Jason Robards (was really polite to my wife , but mostly ignored me at some restaurant that no longer exists)
Paul Newman (offered to buy my girlfriend a beer while I was filling up my car at a gas station in Westport, didn't invite me)
Bob Novak (bizarre conversation about Scott Peterson case on a plane)
James Carville (often spoke at a grocery in Alexandria)
George Will (conversation about Mussina trade morning after it happened at a National Airport bookstore)
Ed Rendell (his photo op at our store to "support local businesses")
Dick Durbin (epic half hour baseball conversation with a sprinkling of Obamacare thrown in during campaign stop at our store, love this guy)
George H.W. Bush & Brent Scowcroft (at Cape Arundel GC while they were getting ready to drive to first tee and we were held hostage by Secret Service. Amusing guy, that Bush. But the SS guys were a real scream.)

Odd thing is, with all the pols on this list, I've never been in politics.
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