by Andrew Wood | Jul 13, 2020 | Getting Famous
One man’s discard can be another man’s creed. Robert Woodruff, who became president of Coca-Cola in 1923, was perfectly happy selling “sugared water,” and stated that before he died that he wanted every man, women and child on earth to have...
by Andrew Wood | Jul 12, 2020 | Getting Famous
Mother of cute Canadian teenager Justin Bieber uploaded a video to YouTube of him singing. Bieber’s mother Pattie Mallette, who was underage at the time of giving birth, raised her son with the help of her mother and stepfather. Pattie worked a series of...
by Andrew Wood | Jul 11, 2020 | Getting Famous
John Wayne was actually born Marion Robert Morrison. When Marion roamed the neighborhood, h never went anywhere without his Airedale terrier, Duke, at his side. The two were such constant companions that local firefighters began calling the boy ‘Little...
by Andrew Wood | Jul 10, 2020 | Getting Famous
In the 1980s my friend Bobby Clampett was the PGA Tour’s new golden boy, a whiz kid from California who was the “next Jack Nicklaus” only it never quite worked out that way. While he did have a long and profitable career on both the PGA and Champions...
by Andrew Wood | Jul 9, 2020 | Getting Famous
John Wayne, the most iconic American actor of the 20th century, made almost 200 movies. Near the end of that run, without a single Oscar to his name, he played an aging, drunk, US marshal named Rooster J. Cogburn in the movie True Grit. The script called for him to...
by Andrew Wood | Jul 8, 2020 | Getting Famous
Pat Parelli, was born in California’s Bay Area. He was obsessed with horses at an early age, working in stables from nine years old. At 17, Pat was a natural bareback rider, good enough that he won the Bareback rookie of the year title in 1972. For the next 14...
