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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:30 PM
 
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Default Famous Dallas area connections

Talking about George Bush in the other thread made me think of other famous Dallas connections:

1) Melinda Gates, Bill Gates's wife, went to St. Monica's and then high school at Ursuline Academy.

2) Cheney lived on Euclid (as I mentioned in that other thread). Angie Harmon also lives on Euclid.

3) Pearl Jam's song Jeremey is about an incident that happened at Richardson High School Pearl Jam— Jeremy

4) Jessica and Ashley Simpson lived in The Reservation neighborhood of Richardson and attended JJ Pearce High School before dropping out.

5) Brenda Vacarro, the actress, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, but won't claim it.

What else can y'all remember?
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:37 PM
 
Location: West Bloomfield
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Dusty Hill, of ZZ Top, went to Woodrow for a couple of years

Vanilla Ice was from Duncanville (though he pretended to be from Florida)

Owen and Luke Wilson grew up in Preston Hollow and went to (I think) St. Mark's.

I'm sure I'll think of more...
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:38 PM
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Off the top of my head were...

Vanilla Ice - didn't he live in Carrollton
The Wilson brothers (Owen, Luke and I think the 3rd is Andrew)
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:41 PM
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khfar -

great minds think alike!!!
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:44 PM
 
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Do you want to add Lacey to that list? LOL

Dixie Chicks, the sisters.
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:47 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Dusty Hill, of ZZ Top, went to Woodrow for a couple of years

Vanilla Ice was from Duncanville (though he pretended to be from Florida)

Owen and Luke Wilson grew up in Preston Hollow and went to (I think) St. Mark's.

I'm sure I'll think of more...
The Wilson brothers also went to Thomas Jefferson for a while before they got kicked out lol
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:51 PM
 
Location: West Bloomfield
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The great Tim Brown is also from Dallas. And a WWW alum. Lakewooder will be so proud of me for posting this before him!
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Unread 09-24-2007, 08:56 PM
 
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I heard on The Ticket this morning that 2 field goal kickers from from yesterday's NFL football games were from Lake Highlands High School.
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Unread 09-24-2007, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Yea lots of NFL players in the league from Dallas. Allen Rossum from Skyline being one.
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Unread 09-24-2007, 09:00 PM
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Default Flamingo Road Goes Through Lake Highlands

You can't forget Morgan Fairchild. I think she's from the Lake Highlands area originally.

Single guys like me can't help it.
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