JW's have NO claim to fame in Brooklyn

TR

Nothing about the WTS in this article? Whaaaa?

I guess 'hovah's aren't doing enough in the preaching work. Hell, not even world headquarters near the Brooklyn Bridge in NEW YORK CITY, USA, helps. LOL!

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=042102&ID=s1132709&cat=section.Lifestyle

Brooklynites with claim to fame:

The following people are among those born or raised in Brooklyn:

Comedy
Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Larry David, Andrew Dice Clay, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVito, Jackie Gleason, Buddy Hackett, Gabe Kaplan, Danny Kaye, Alan King, Jerry Lewis, Eddie Murphy, Rhea Perlman, Martha Raye, Chris Rock, Phil Silvers, Neil Simon, Jerry Stiller, Mae West, Henny Youngman.

Film-TV-Theater
F. Murray Abraham, Clara Bow, Ken Burns, Steve Buscemi, Tony Danza, Richard Dreyfuss, Louis Gossett Jr., Elliott Gould, Rita Hayworth, Gregory Hines, Harvey Keitel, Larry King, Martin Landau, Spike Lee, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward G. Robinson, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Smits, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Stanwyck, Marisa Tomei, John Turturro, Eli Wallach.

Music
Eubie Blake, Aaron Copland, Marshall Crenshaw, Vic Damone, Clive Davis, Neil Diamond, David Geffen, George Gershwin, Arlo Guthrie, Lena Horne, Lainie Kazan, Carole King, Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Lou Reed, Buddy Rich, Barbra Streisand.

Sports
Riddick Bowe, Howard Cosell, Billy Cunningham, Al Davis, Mike Dunleavy, Michael Jordan, Sandy Koufax, Vince Lombardi, Stephon Marbury, Chris Mullin, Floyd Patterson, Joe Pepitone, Jackie Robinson, Joe Torre, Mike Tyson, Lenny Wilkins.

Writers
Isaac Asimov, Dave Barry, Truman Capote, W.E.B. Dubois, Moss Hart, Pete Hamill, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer, Frank McCourt, Arthur Miller, Henry Miller, Irwin Shaw, Morrison Mickey Spillane, Walt Whitman.
What? No mention of the WTS? Awwwwww!

Others
Joseph Barbera (of Hanna and Barbera cartoon fame), Al Capone, Alan Dershowitz, Bobby Fischer, William M. Gaines (Mad magazine founder), Carlo Gambino, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rudy Giuliani, John Gotti, Alexander Hamilton, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Carl Sagan, Bugsy Siegel.

TR

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larc

TR,

Holey shoot! A lotta famous people came outta there. I am darned impressed. Well, where I live we got the Wright Brothers and that ain't too shabby.

TR

Hey larc,

We got Bing Crosby, Craig T. Nelson, Mark Rypen(Redskins SuperBowl QB), John Stockton(Utah Jazz), Tom Foley(former Speaker of the House).

TR

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PopeOfEruke

Haven't the Australians got Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter.?

The Pope

Moxy

ummm... and which WT writer would qualify as being born or raised in brooklyn and as being world-famous, ie having any books with their name on the cover??

mox

TR

Moxy,

exactly my point.

TR

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Kenneson

The people of Brooklyn Heights just love it that the Watchtower owns all
the prime real estate in the area. Such fame!

SixofNine

I'm sure that by naming the heads of the major crime families, they thought that they were including the underlings as well.

JW's have NO claim to fame in Brooklyn

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