Thursday, May 19, 2011

Lymphoma's Hall of Fame

Mr. T - from The "A" Team, known for his catchphrase "pity the fool"


Junior Wells - Chicago blues harmonica player, famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison


Jim Ryan - most notable accomplishment as Illinois Attorney General was his $9.1 billion settlement from tobacco companies


Joey Ramone - lead singer of the punkrock band The Ramones and a counterculture icon


Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - wife of the 35th President (JFK)  and First Lady of the United States.  Book editor, art contributor and fashion icon. Forever a symbol of her husband's assassination, even after marrying shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis


Gene Wilder - stage and screen actor, writer, director and author.  Famously known for roles in Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein, Stir Crazy, Blazing Saddles, and The Woman in Red.  Married to Gilda Radner of SNL fame


Charles Lindbergh - flew first solo non-stop flight from Long Island to Paris in 1927.


King Hussein of Jordan - remembered as one who helped forge peace with Israel 


Paul Allen - multi-billionaire who co-founded Microsoft with friend Bill Gates


Paul Azinger - PGA golfer and occasional on air analyst, PGA Championship Winner 1993


Ed Bradley - American journalist best known for 26 years of award-winning work on CBS News program 60 Minutes


Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian Nobel prize winning novelist and author of One Thousand Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera


Mario Lemieux - former Canadian NHL forward who played 17 seasons as a forward with the Pittsburgh Penguins, widely regarded as one of the best players of all time


Roger Maris - an American MLB right fielder who, during the 1961 season, hit 61 home runs for the New York Yankees, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record (set in 1927). Maris' record would stand for 37 years


Sidney Lumet - American director, producer and screenwriter who was nominated for Academy Awards for 12 Angry men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network and The Verdict


Golda Meir - the 4th Prime Minister of the State of Israel, the "Iron Lady" of Israeli Politics


Andres Galarraga - Venezuelan former MLB first baseman for the Montreal Expos


Rowdy Roddy Piper - of World Wrestling Entertainment fame


Fred Thompson - actor, former U.S. Senator, 2008 Presidential candidate, columnist and talk show radio host







2 comments:

  1. I'm thinking one or all of them should be more than happy to donate to our auction! Now if only I could reach any of them. ; )
    Kathi

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  2. Quite a diverse group - Mr T and Rowdy Roddy are sissies compared to Phil!

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