I rode on a hospital elevator with Lee Iacocca when I was about 11 or 12.
I was probably the first person to offer condolences on the passing of his first wife. She had just died and my brother worked as an escort at the hospital had taken her body down to the morgue. I had to run into the hospital to bring him his lunch or something when he told me. " Guess who I just took down to the morgue."
I get on the elevator and there is Lee Iacocca, the Head of Chrysler.
Was that William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan?
Srsly?
What’s the story on this?
Well, that’s rather … random, lol! Did he sing acapella?
I have a relative who was talking to somebody who worked for Martha Stewart, and she could hear Martha, yelling at some hapless minion, loud and clear in the background.
I got Roger Daltrey’s scribble on a piece of paper after a Who concert, they were on their way to the bus going down the back stairs of the building. He was wearing a long Afghanistani white leather coat, with embroidery and a big furry collar, and I was surprised he was so short! Pete Townsend was there too, but arguing loudly with a bunch of cops, so I didn’t even try to approach him.
My Dad used to have Mario Andretti and Al Unser over to our house to play poker.
All I remember is that when we were in the suite for the race day (Indy - my dad’s job involved sponsoring an Indy racecar), the women all had really big hair. My mother laughs when I tell her this. I would have been six - and she says “yes, they all had really big hair.”