Celebrity
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Celebrity stories from Alan Morris.
These articles are all about celebrities that I have met at various times throughout my life. I have never gone out of my way to meet these people; I have just bumped into them throughout my day.
All these people were very nice, and I thank them all for their company, their conversation and the stories they allowed me to remember.
![Jim Quillen, Alcatraz inmate & guide.](/images/headers/celebrity/jim-quillen.jpg)
I met Jim Quillen on a tour of Alcatraz in San Francisco in about 1992. I had gone on one of the self-guided tours where you are given a headset with a narrated talk of the island and can do the tour at your speed.
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![Tom Jones.](/images/headers/celebrity/tom-jones.jpg)
I have met Tom Jones several times in America & the UK & have also seen him perform in Spain.
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![Rita & Bob Marley.](/images/headers/celebrity/rita-bob-marley.jpg)
While on holiday in Jamaica, I took a trip to Kingston for an overnight stay. When I was there, I went around Bob Marley's house and met his wife, Rita Marley.
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![Tom Watt, Lofty in Eastenders.](/images/headers/celebrity/tom-watt.jpg)
I have always been an Arsenal fan & I used to go to a lot of Arsenal games, as did Tom Watt.
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![Pat Morita as Mr Miyagi](/images/headers/celebrity/pat-morita.jpg)
While I was at home watching the movie Karate Kid, I remembered meeting Pat Morita in Los Angeles, California.
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![Howard Marks holding his book Mr Nice.](/images/headers/celebrity/howard-marks-mr-nice.jpg)
I have a lot of family living in South Wales and I go to Porthcawl, Glamorgan, to see them when I can. Whilst there, one time I was introduced to Howard Marks in a pub in Kenfig Hill.
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![Noel Blake.](/images/headers/celebrity/noelblake.jpg)
Noel Blake, a Jamaican-born football player, at one time or another played for Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City, Portsmouth, Leeds United, Stoke City, Bradford City, Exeter City and Dundee.
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![Elton John & Renate Blauel.](/images/headers/celebrity/renate-blauel.jpg)
In the mid-1980's I stayed in Los Angeles and went to Universal Studios for the day. When I got there, I met Renate Blauel and spent a morning with her on a backlot tour.
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![Barbara Windsor](/images/headers/celebrity/barbara-windsor.jpg)
I must have been about 16 or 17 years old when I met Barbara Windsor very briefly outside a bank in Portsmouth, England.
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![Vester Presleys book.](/images/headers/celebrity/vesterpresley.jpg)
Unless you were an Elvis Presley fan, you probably wouldn't know who Vester Presley was, but he was the Uncle of Elvis Presley.
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