Under the radar connections to Iowa

[GMackey32]

I'm not sure if he currently does, but I know Ted Nugent used to hunt in Appanoose County.

He used to have a bow hunting camp for kids up here.

 

[CloneLawman]

Took you/someone long enough.

Sorry. I wasn't around. I guess you could have contributed.

 

[CascadeClone]

Also one of the McPoyle's from Always Sunny went to Iowa State

He was in my AeroE classes.

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

William Frawley who played Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy was from Burlington, IA. My grandpa said he was a huge ***hole

 

[ISUTex]

Wyatt Earp lived in Pella.

 

[CascadeClone]

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.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Took you/someone long enough.

I was waiting for someone to mention Dyke.,,

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Maybe I missed someone posting it, but Donna Reed was born in Denison.

 

[CyVeteran]

Johnny Carson born in Corning Iowa
Glenn Miller born in Clarinda Iowa

 

[Tony Gunk]

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:

Don Denkinger - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[cyputz]

Pretty sure she is from Manning.

You are correct - thank you.

Wow! It’s almost like talking to my wife

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Sorry. I wasn't around. I guess you could have contributed.

I was just reading a couple of pages worth of comments this morning, so was sure someone would beat me to it!

 

[cytor]

SIAP... John Wayne was born in Winterset.

 

[matclone]

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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

He had that reputation.

 

[ruxCYtable]

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.

I remember John Wayne Gacy's most famous survivor, or perhaps his only survivor, was a guy in Iowa. Gacy did time in Anamosa for it, and was a model prisoner from the accounts I've heard.

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.

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.

True. His older brother Zach went to CR Jefferson before the family moved to LA and was in choir with @keepngoal and me.

 

[dahliaclone]

Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Frederiksen Court for 4 years.

yup. my parents lived there same time. but it wasn't Fredricksen Court was it? Thought it was Pammel Court.

 

[matclone]

Harriet Nelson, actor, and wife of Ozzie, and mother of Ricky and David, was born in Des Moines, although it's not clear how long she lived there.

Congresswoman Katie Porter (Orange Co., Calif.) was born in Ft. Dodge and grew up on an Iowa farm.

 

[ruxCYtable]

There was another Michael Boddicker from Cedar Rapids, of the Boddicker music store family, who was Michael Jackson's keyboardist for many years and ALLEGEDLY ghost wrote some of his hits.

 

[Mr.G.Spot]

W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Deming was from Sioux City.

 

[1100011CS]

A guy you may know educated me on BF a long time ago. I agree in that he had an under appreciated career.

I thought Bob Feller was common knowledge in Iowa.