If they were living:
James Dean ... Dr Martin Luther King Jr... Malcolm X... Marlon Brando... Gandhi... Rudolph Valentino (the 1920s silent movie star)... the rock god-Jimi Hendrix
...Richard Pryor... Barry White... James Brown... Lenny Bruce... Andy Kaufman... Sam Kinison... Robin Harris... Redd Foxx... Marvin Gaye... Bob Marley... Jeff Buckley... 2Pac... The Notorious BIG... Marilyn Monroe... John Holmes (the famous porn star)... John Lennon... Jim Morrison... Andy Warhol... Caligula... Divine... Gianni Versace... Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka Big Baby Jesus)... Socrates... Michelangelo... the original Black Panthers... Jerry Garcia... Stevie Ray Vaughn... Miles Davis... Oleg Cassini... Rodney Dangerfield... Sal Mineo... Natalie Wood... Anna Nicole Smith (who died on my birthday - Feb. 8, 2007)... Freddie Prinze Sr... Fred Astaire... Gene Kelly... Jean Michel Basquiat... The Ramones(dead members)... Claude Monet... Pablo Picasso... Sylvester... Rock Hudson... Kurt Cobain... Oscar Wilde... Paul Lynne... Nipsy Russell... Flip Wilson... Stanley Kubrick... the original Benji and Lassie... Bob Fosse... Sammy Davis Jr... Frank Sinatra... Frank Zappa... Chet Baker... Dean Martin... Cary Grant... Montgomery Cliff... let us not forget one of my brothers who died before I was born - Mark Anthony Sparks and my maternal grandmother - Cloteal Majestic Daniels
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--------------------------------------------- Living folks I would like to meet:
ALL OF MY NEW FRIENDS ON MYSPACE!!... Shemar Moore
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... Johnny Depp... Nick Nolte... Vanilla Ice... Herb Ritts... Madonna... Pharrell... Gwen Stephani... Lil' Kim...Massive Attack... Tricky... Ricky Martin...Savion Glover... Angelina Jolie... Lil' Richard... Bette Midler... Colin Farrell... Alexander McQueen... Karl Lagerfeld... Wayans Bros... Elizabeth Taylor... Prince... this funky guy from back in the 90's - Terence Trent D'Arby
... Mariah Carey... Jill Scott... The Roots... The Brand New Heavies... Paul Mooney... Bjork... LL Cool J... Erik Estrada... Erykah Badu... Jody Watley... Common... QTip... Dave Grohl... Robert Plant... Jonathan Rhys Meyers... Perez Hilton... Lindsay Lohan... Joshua Morrow... Kristoff St.John... John Legend... Mario Van Peebles... Rocco DiSpirito... John Mayer... Deee-Lite
... David La Chappelle(director/photographer)... Dave Chappelle... Ken Russell(director)... Sting... Christina Aguilera... Tom Ford (the former head designer of Gucci)... "Ladies and Gentlemen - Heeeeere's Grace Jones!
... Jamie Foxx... The Beastie Boys... U2... Oprah Winfrey... Wendy&Lisa... John Singleton... Sly Stone... Cher... Janet Jackson... RuPaul... Howard Stern... Depeche Mode... Robi Draco Rosa... Quentin Tarantino... Paris Hilton... Nicole Richie... Diana Ross... Diane Lane... Kiefer Sutherland... Shawn Cassidy... David Cassidy... Robbie Benton... Rick Schroeder... Alfonso Riberio... Todd Bridges... Leif Garrett... Kristy McNichol... Valerie Bertinelli...David Lee Roth... Matt Dillion... Tatum O'Neal... Tyra Banks... De La Soul... Soul II Soul... Donald Trump... Wilmer Valderama... Britney Spears... Justin Timberlake... Bad Brains... Dennis Hopper... Brad Pitt... Pamela Anderson... Tommy Lee... Peter Fonda... Diddy... Beyonce'... Sean Paul... Kanye West... Oswald Boetang... Jean Paul Gaultier... Van Hunt... this band-TV on the Radio-"Wolf Like Me"... Jane's Addiction... Radiohead... Barbra Streisand... The Cure... Ron Howard... Liza Minelli... Lenny Kravitz... Lisa Bonet... Mickey Rourke... Malcolm Jamal Warner... Robert De Niro... Bernadette Peters... Ben Vereen... Queens of the Stone Age... Saul Williams... Dweezil Zappa... President Clinton... and Steve Martin
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------------------------------------------- Here are some people whom I was very blessed to meet: one of my heroes - Gregory Hines... the legendary Lena Horne (thanks to my late great-aunt Hannah - a.k.a. "Lil' Auntie" - Lena was the 1st person I told I wanted to become an actor when I was 8 years old)... Clifton Davis... one of the Charlie's Angels - Cheryl Ladd (thanks again to "Lil' Auntie," I went to a barbecue at Cheryl's house when I was 8 years old and hung out with her daughter who is an actress - Jordan)... the rapper K-OS... Travis from the rock band Gym Class Heroes (I was standing beside one of my best friends - Lisa while she was on him, rubbing his butt during their encore performance at the Granada Theater)... the rock band Flickerstick (one of my best friends - Todd is the drummer)... Jermaine Jackson... Rutger Hauer... Cedric the Entertainer... the fighter Guy Mezger... Reggie White... Ice Cube... the blues singer Johnny Taylor (my family used to live down the street from him in Oak Cliff, Texas)... the boxer Curtis Cokes... Sugar Ray Leonard... Perry Farrell from the rock bands Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros... the rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri (I sat next to him at a Mike Tyson fight)... Meshach Taylor (black guy on TV show "Designing Women")... MC Hammer... Guru from the rap group Gangstarr... Pierce Brosnan... Treach from the rap group Naughty by Nature... Eddie Murphy... Denzel Washington (he was an asshole to me at a Mike Tyson fight)... the actor Leon (he was standing next to Denzel at the time)... Jean Stapleton's ("Edith Bunker" from TV show All in the Family) son John Putch (who is an actor too)... 2Pac (he was riding in a Rolls Royce, making a turn in front of me in Las Vegas during the weekend of a Mike Tyson fight in 1995)... Johnny Marr from the rock band The Smiths (I brought him a cup of coffee when I interned at KDGE)... Bernard Sumner from the new wave bands Joy Division/New Order... Angelo Moore from the rock/ska/punk band Fishbone (I owe one of my best friends - Jason thanks for this one, Angelo actually visited my home and wanted to have, but didn't get, one of my paintings "Beyond the Ultimate Flag" and unexpectantly peed in front of me outside my apartment building)... the former Dallas Maverick Jimmy Jackson... Bruce Buffer (Michael Buffer - "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!" guy's younger brother who also is a ring announcer)... and Richard Grieco from TV show "21 Jumpstreet."