# Famous people you've communicated with via email, Messenger, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-communicated-with-via-email-messenger-etc/944783 "2021-06-21T18:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-communicated-with-via-email-messenger-etc/944783/26 "2021-06-23T04:49:28Z")
In [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-mysterious-character-in-photo-of-the-beatles-donovan-mia-farrow-with-the-maharishi/577439) I related how I emailed and got a response from Richard “Rik” Cook III. He is the object of John Lennon’s scorn in the song “Bungalow Bill”. Pretty cool I thought. Cook gave up his gun for a camera and became a well respected photographer in Hawaii. I’m not sure if he is still with us, as googling didn’t come up with anything recent. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-communicated-with-via-email-messenger-etc/944783)._