Under the radar connections to Iowa
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William Frawley who played Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy was from Burlington, IA. My grandpa said he was a huge ***hole
Not under the radar, but Elijah Wood is connected to (sorta from?) CR. Rented a house from his grandparents when I first moved here (they were realtors). That was pre-LOTR, I think "North" had just come out.
Don Denkinger, MLB umpire, was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. For those old enough to remember the 1985 World Series, he was the first base umpire for Game 6 and made the infamous "safe" call in the bottom of the 9th inning.
He recently passed away in Waterloo.
Full Wikipedia entry here:
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He recently passed away in Waterloo.
Full Wikipedia entry here:
Don Denkinger - Wikipedia
I was just reading a couple of pages worth of comments this morning, so was sure someone would beat me to it!Sorry. I wasn't around. I guess you could have contributed.
Calista Flockhart used to have grandparents in Cedar Rapids. She and Harrison Ford were spotted around town a few times but it's been several years.
Terry Farrell is from Cedar Rapids. Her mom or dad -- I can't remember -- worked with my dad at Kirkwood. She was Dax on Deep Space Nine and then was on Becker with Ted Danson. She was also, until recently, married to Leonard Nimoy's son.
From the creepy files, my Dad was police reporter for the Waterloo Courier and got to know Gacy fairly well, as they were often hanging around the police station at the same times. Gacy was known to kiss ass to cops to avoid suspicion.
True. His older brother Zach went to CR Jefferson before the family moved to LA and was in choir with @keepngoal and me.
Terry Farrell is from Cedar Rapids. Her mom or dad -- I can't remember -- worked with my dad at Kirkwood. She was Dax on Deep Space Nine and then was on Becker with Ted Danson. She was also, until recently, married to Leonard Nimoy's son.
From the creepy files, my Dad was police reporter for the Waterloo Courier and got to know Gacy fairly well, as they were often hanging around the police station at the same times. Gacy was known to kiss ass to cops to avoid suspicion.
True. His older brother Zach went to CR Jefferson before the family moved to LA and was in choir with @keepngoal and me.
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yup. my parents lived there same time. but it wasn't Fredricksen Court was it? Thought it was Pammel Court.
W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia
Deming was from Sioux City.
I thought Bob Feller was common knowledge in Iowa.
Yeah I thought so too. He's in my mind the most famous MLB player from the state.
AJ Puk would probably be a little more under the radar since he's a Cedar Rapids kid. When he was playing in the Northwood League my sister in law was his host for that summer. She said his parents were super nice but he was a giant douche.
Shoeless Joe Jackson lived in an Iowa cornfield near Dyersville in the late 80s.
