• Att The Beach...

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Thu Jun 26 16:51:44 2025
    This week's focus is: celebrating the life of recently-deceased Brian Wilson, co-founder
    and creative power behind The Beach Boys.

    Per wikitree.com. I am:

    19 degrees from Brian Wilson
    21 degrees from Pamela Anderson
    20 degrees from Ernest Gantt
    21 degrees from Ava Gardner
    37 degrees from Astrud Gilberto
    22 degrees from Glynis Johns
    24 degrees from Duke Kahanamoku
    25 degrees from James Lafferty
    19 degrees from Elvis Presley
    20 degrees from April Ross
    23 degrees from Nevil Shute Norway
    28 degrees from Waverly Woodson

    More about them:

    Brian Wilson, singer, songwriter, and music producer

    Pamela Anderson, actress on "Baywatch"

    Ernest Gantt, known as Don the Beachcomber, pioneer of tiki bars and restaurants

    Ava Gardner, actress who played Moira in the movie, "On the Beach"

    Astrud Gilberto, singer who made the song "The Girl From Ipanema" popular

    Glynis Johns, actress in "The Beachcombers"

    The Big Kahuna, Duke Kahanamoku, father of modern surfing

    James Lafferty, Jr., inventor and constructor of Lucy the Elephant, on the New Jersey
    coast

    Elvis Presley, actor in "Blue Hawaii"

    April Ross, Olympic gold-medalist professional beach volleyball player

    Nevil Shute, author of dystopian novel, "On the Beach"

    Waverly Woodson, Jr., US Army medic who saved dozens of wounded troops on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day

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    I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers. I guess that
    I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

    https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters.

    If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me some basic information by going to:

    https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
    and click on the 'Request Form' link.

    I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history,
    and I would love to see how WE are related.

    Mike Dippel
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