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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
  8. John T. Scopes (Bertram Cates, in “Inherit the Wind”)
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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
  8. John T. Scopes (Bertram Cates, in “Inherit the Wind”)
  9. Frank Rosenthall (Ace Rothstein)

Played by Robert deNiro in “Casino”.

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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
  8. John T. Scopes (Bertram Cates, in “Inherit the Wind”)
  9. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal (Casino)
  10. Huey Long (Willie Stark in “All the King’s Men”)
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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
  8. John T. Scopes (Bertram Cates, in “Inherit the Wind”)
  9. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal (Casino)
  10. Huey Long (Willie Stark in “All the King’s Men”)
  11. Alice Liddell Hargreaves (Alice in “Alice in Wonderland”)
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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
  8. John T. Scopes (Bertram Cates, in “Inherit the Wind”)
  9. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal (Casino)
  10. Huey Long (Willie Stark in “All the King’s Men”)
  11. Alice Liddell Hargreaves (Alice in “Alice in Wonderland”)
  12. Sonny Wortzik (John Wojtowicz in “Dog Day Afternoon”)

This caused Wojtowicz problems. The fictional Wortzik betrayed his partner to the police. Many of the prisoners in the prison where Wojtowicz was serving his sentence saw the movie and assumed that Wojtowicz had also betrayed his partner.

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Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters

  1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes)
  2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe)
  3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series)
  4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis)
  5. Whitey Bulger (Frank Costello in The Departed)
  6. William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane)
  7. Ed Gein (Norman Bates)
  8. John T. Scopes (Bertram Cates, in “Inherit the Wind”)
  9. Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal (Casino)
  10. Huey Long (Willie Stark in “All the King’s Men”)
  11. Alice Liddell Hargreaves (Alice in “Alice in Wonderland”)
  12. Sonny Wortzik (John Wojtowicz in “Dog Day Afternoon”)
  13. Truman Capote (Dill Baker Harris in To Kill A Mockingbird

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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
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To clear up any possible confusion, I screwed up the order in this post. John Wojtowicz was the name of the real person that the fictional character of Sonny Wortzik was based on.

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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
  6. Green onions
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
  6. Green onions
  7. potatoes
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
  6. Green onions
  7. potatoes
  8. hot dogs
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
  6. Green onions
  7. potatoes
  8. hot dogs
  9. steak
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
  6. Green onions
  7. potatoes
  8. hot dogs
  9. steak
  10. peach halves
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Something you like to cook on the BBQ grill

  1. shrimp
  2. corn on the cob
  3. chicken
  4. Beef liver
  5. hamburgers
  6. Green onions
  7. potatoes
  8. hot dogs
  9. steak
  10. peach halves
  11. Lamb chops or kebabs

To me they taste better bbqd than any other cooking method