I will start with one fairly obscure celebrity: Sean Flynn. He was the only son of Errol Flynn. He left Duke to pursue an acting career. I met him on a film set in Ceylon. I was hired as an extra. The film was made in the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens; I was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. I worked two days. I played
an un-named captured officer. I was told to turn my face from the camera. Flynn remarked to me in French: "We came 6,000 kilometers to film in a garden. I had many beers with him at a hotel in Kandy, the city closest to the garden. Flynn achieved his greatest fame as a war correspondent in Viet Nam. He worked first for Paris Match and later for Time. He was captured by the Viet Cong in Cambodia along with another journalist. He vanished; his body was never found. His mother had him declared legally dead in 1984.
My second choice is Sam Irvine, the chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee. He was a friend and associate of my maternal grandfather, Jerome Rogers. He was treasurer of the Morganton, N.C Board of Education when Irvine was president. I went to Washington as a U.S.Senate intern. I worked out of Tom Dowd's office, but my grandfather gave me a letter of introduction. This was years before the Watergate Investigation, but I returned during the Investigation involved in a technical education
program. My Grandfather wrote to Irvine to get me a seat at the hearings. Before the hearing, Irvine spoke to me. He said he remembered me; I am somewhat dubious about that. However, he was gracious, and he had a great sense of humor.
an un-named captured officer. I was told to turn my face from the camera. Flynn remarked to me in French: "We came 6,000 kilometers to film in a garden. I had many beers with him at a hotel in Kandy, the city closest to the garden. Flynn achieved his greatest fame as a war correspondent in Viet Nam. He worked first for Paris Match and later for Time. He was captured by the Viet Cong in Cambodia along with another journalist. He vanished; his body was never found. His mother had him declared legally dead in 1984.
My second choice is Sam Irvine, the chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee. He was a friend and associate of my maternal grandfather, Jerome Rogers. He was treasurer of the Morganton, N.C Board of Education when Irvine was president. I went to Washington as a U.S.Senate intern. I worked out of Tom Dowd's office, but my grandfather gave me a letter of introduction. This was years before the Watergate Investigation, but I returned during the Investigation involved in a technical education
program. My Grandfather wrote to Irvine to get me a seat at the hearings. Before the hearing, Irvine spoke to me. He said he remembered me; I am somewhat dubious about that. However, he was gracious, and he had a great sense of humor.