Have You Ever Met A Celebrity?

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I was telling @puddleglum about the time when I was a long-distance telephone operator in Denver, Colorado and Raymond Burr was doing a telethon to raise money for some charity. My friend, Sally, and I and several other operators volunteered to answer the phones on the TV set, while it was being broadcast LIVE. I happened to be seated nearest to where Raymond Burr stood when he was talking into the camera and during the breaks, he would sit on the edge of MY table and talk to me. I was 19 years old at the time, so it was quite a thrill to meet him. He was very friendly. More recently, I got to meet and talk to Mario Lopez. He came to the Southern Women’s Show in Richmond, Virginia a few years ago and I was selected to present him with two items of men’s jewelry from the company I worked for at the time. We had a booth there at the show and I presented him with the jewelry. I also got an autographed picture of him. I will say that he is a much smaller person than I thought he was, but still what I call “a cutie patootie.” LOL And of course, I have met and had dinner with Victor Kiam and his wife, Ellen, who owned the jewelry company I worked for. He is famous for owning the Remington Corporation, (the Remington Razor company) and also Lady Remington Jewelry, which is the jewelry I sold for many years. I also knew his son, Tory, who later took over the company, after Victor died. Now, the company has been dissolved. Have you ever met anyone famous? Picture by Pixabay