....I've known
I lived in L.A. for thirty years I drove cab at night in and around Hollywood and worked in the studios
I'm often asked if I met any celebrities? Yes
Probably the most famous was somebody you need to be a little older to rememberWALTER WINCHELL
He was a famous radio broadcaster during WWII......good evening Mr & Mrs America and all the ships at sea...!!!!
He was famous for that He was a viscous gossip columnist who eventually was ostracized from the air waves
He ended up living out his days at the Ambassador hotel on Wilshire Blvd in L.A. It was rumored that he passed out mimeographed columns he wrote
In the early 60's I was driving cab in L.A. at night One morning I pulled into the cab stand there and got out to talk to the door man, Harry Black
He was talking to an older guy. He introduced me to him It was Walter Winchell Totally surprised I called him Walt Harry got up set but Walt sed it was O.K. because I was a kid Thanx Walt
2nd most famous, depends on who you ask,
ROD STEWART
One night I take a call for Beverly Hills Way back in the hills Lot of very expensive homes All of them have fences and gates around them I pull up to the gate and call on the phone Soon a guy comes down and let's me in I go up a drive way and turn around and wait The guy goes in Soon a short blonde haired guy comes out and asks me how much it is to go to a certain place I tell him, he goes back inside Soon a couple of wimmen come out and get in I take them there and they get out
Week later a call to the same place This time the gate is open The guy who let me in be for comes out and get's in He gives a destination I know to be a see and be seen spot Out of curiosity I asked him who lives there
That was ROD STEWART who came out and asked me how much
MICHAL JACKSONLet me swear on ten stacks of bibles, because I promised never to reveal this.....but a year after he died I had him in the cab LOLNot him but the girl who danced next to him in the thriller video but I couldn't remember her name I had her in the cab twice The first time she was crying because her Iranian boyfriend wouldn't marry her as fast as she wanted to
WILLIAM MARGOLD
was the God father of porn Knew and worked with him for yearsHere he is with his wife VIPER who I worked for once
She was famous for pioneering full body tattoo's
Here he is with SERENA another porn star I knew
She was known because she had inverted nipples
This is AMBER LYNN a famous porn star he named his cat after I never met her but thought I'd include this hot shot of her for some window dressing
This was his cat who he named after her Amber Lynn sicle
When he passed she took the cat but it didn't get along with her pets
Took Dino Delaurentis's nephew to the Good Samaritan hospital to see his uncle I gave him my book to show to his uncle Nothing ever came of it
Saw GOLDA MIER from a distance outside the Beverly Hills hotel
I think it was BURT BACHERACH who was very drunk Not sure it was him
Also;
Gordon Parks
Famous black photog
Sean Penn
Night club in Century City
John Boy
of Little house on the prairie
Married my wife's girlfriend
Wilt the Stilt Chamberlin
Hank Arron
Dean Martin
While working at the Peacock studios in Burbank
Not to forget
PETER FAULK
In Sam Clayberger's studio
and
Danny Bonaduci
In Ocean City, Maryland
I came across NICOLE SIMPSON one night in a bar across from the Burbank Studios She was there with her buddy Fay Resnick I drew her picture It wasn't till years later when I saw a picture of her I recognized her because she had a very distinct eyebrowsWas a homeless person at a benefit to raise money for homelessness be fore it became trendy Debbie Reynolds was the speaker
