my dad who just died, was the reason i met some of the following, then also hanging round gigs, then as security officer, roughly in chronological order:
cisco kid tonto roy rodgers and dale evans red kelly (toronto maple leaf) walt disney cary grant (a little story with it) bobby orr CFL allstars wayne harris & terry evanshen and sugarfoot anderson prince phillip ken thomson (Lord of the Fleet) (story) arthur hailey rt hon john g diefenbaker (PM of Canada) (story, turning him down for lunch as a kid!) jane goodall (y'know -chimps!) malcolm muggeridge pierre and maggie trudeau (story) karen kain ernest manning, peter lougheed & ralph klein (premiers of alberta) robert stanfield, joe clark, (PM), claude wagner, george hees, tommy douglas, stanley knowles (oh just more canuck pols) john robarts (premier of ontario) sir graham bright (pps to john major) indira gandhi (story) alexander solzhenitsyn john hammond jr (story) wayne gretsky and mark messier pinetop perkins sam elliot (story) danny gallivan (hockey nite in canada) richard attenborough (story) jean vanier my old man and mum had me way beat though, including invitation to LBJ Ranch through Dean Rusk, drinking lots of gin and tonics with queen liz, JFK, RFK; he ended up getting RFK's car! i've forgotten alot - but does that sound like name dropping or what? shheesh... i'd give 'em all up though just to have had wally's weekend! maybe i should replace larry king when he retires... shane
