| I’ve met surprising a number of famous people in my life. Below are photos of some of them, along with some famous things that I have seen or experienced. There are other celebrities that I have encountered, but didn’t have a camera handy (or I lost the picture) Click here to see this list |
11-foot model of the USS Enterprise used in filming the original series on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Apollo 11 Command Module on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Took this photo of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldren just before he entered the Adler Planetarium for a private event. I was lucky enough to get to shake his hand.
October 1995 @ Cape Kennedy. Space Shuttle Columbia on the pad
Sentinel bot from "The Matrix" on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
Robbie the Robot on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Ok, this was actually a replica.
TV anchor and reporter, Art Norman
Ben Hollis of WTTW's "Wild Chicago"
Nichelle Nichols, "Lt. Uhura" of "Star Trek" the original series
Getting an autograph from Nichelle Nichols
Former WBBM TV reporter Bob Wallace
Radio legend Art "Chat Daddy" Sims. Donna and I have both appeared on his program when he worked at WVON
With Art "Chat Daddy" Sims after interview on WVON Radio
Being interviewed on WVON radio by Cliff Kelley
With Darryl Dennard broadcast journalist, producer, and media executive
"Sky Jock" Tom Joyner
With Dorothy Brown, surgeon, legislator, teacher and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
With Chicago Alderman Ed Burke
Eric Monte, creator of TV series "Good Times" and "What's Happening"
Opera super stars Eric Owens and Lawrence Brownlee
Legendary radio personality, Felisha Middlebrooks
Gart Friedrich, creator of "Ghost Rider"
Gary Lockwood, "Dr. Frank Poole<' "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Gary Mitchell", "Star Trek" the original series
Met Gary Lockwood at special presentation of "2001: A Space Oddysey" at Music Box Theatre Chicago.
With Herbie Hancock Donna's cousin!) backstage at Symphony Center
South African Jazz Trumpeter Hugh Masekela backstage at The African Festival of the Arts Chicago
Legendary comedian and social activist Dick Gregory
Legendary radio DJ Herb Kent at his induction into the Guiness Book of World Records as longest working radio personality
Took this photo of James Earl Jones at a reception before a concert appearance. Had the opportunity to meet him and shake his hand later
Peter Davison Dr. Who #5
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bruce Montgomery, Carlos Estes
Joan Hiigenbothan, Flew on Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist
US Representative Bobby Rush
US Congressman Danny Davis
Walter Koenig, "Pavel Checkov" of Star Trek. Took this photo at a Comicon after randomly meeting him in the lobby.
Late Blues legend Koko Taylor.
Max Gail of "Barney Miller"
Chicago Mayor Richie Daley, taken at Chicago Principal for a Day luncheon
WGN anchor/reporter, Merri Dee
Juanita Jordan, wife of Michael Jordan (at the time)
Tom Baker, Dr. Who #4. Photo taken 1992 signed by Tom Baker May, 2022.
Mary Tamm, Romana #1
Paul Darrow, "Avon" from "Blakes 7"
With my wife Donna and late WVON radio legend Richard Pegue
WVON's legendary Pervis Spann "The Blues Man"
Posing with "K-9" from "Dr. Who." Good dog!
with Pat Brickhouse, wife of the late Jack Brickhouse
Wife Donna, Rev. Jesse Jackson, State Representative Connie Howard and Claude Spivey former member of Parliament / Funkadelic
Oscar Meyer Wienermobile
WIth Reverend WIllie Barrow
Educator, civil rights activist, historian and author Timuel Black
Tribune columnist and WGN radio host Rick Kogan. In 2016 I was interviewed on Rick's program
With Rick Kogan after interview on WGN Radio. Hear it here: https://stevebellinger.com/tv/
Award winning TV News anchor Devorah Crable and radio host and producer Richard Steel with my wife Donna
James Doohan, Engineer Scott from Star Trek Original Series
Posing for photo with James Doohan
Marina Sirtis, "Counselor Deanna Troi, "Star Trek the Next Generation"
Michael Dorn as Worf, Star Trek The Next Generation. Autographed poster from Consumer Electronics Show
Jeri Ryan, "Seven of Nine", "Start Trek Voyager"
Armin Shimmerman, "Quark" from "Star Trek Deep Space Nine."
Japanese Table Tennis champion Kōji Matsushita
Marcus Roberts, jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher
Jazz violinist Regina Carter
Theresa Fambro Hooks, "Teesee" of Chicago Defender's "Teesee's Town" column
Pemon Remi, actor, producer who has worked with
Cab Calloway, Chaka Khan, Angela Bassett, John Belushi,
Aretha Franklin, James Earl Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., and more
With Geoffrey Baer (virtually) on WTTW's Great Chicago Quiz Show
Theo Jansen, creator of the Strandbeest moving sculptures.
https://www.strandbeest.com/
With Judge Diane Shelley, 5th SubCircuit, Illinois,
and Illinois State Senator Hattie Hunter
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Mills
At the Martin Luther King Memorial, Washington, DC
With Linda Yu WLS TV news anchor
With jazz pianist Keiko Matsui
Prominent attorney and WVON radio host Ernesto Borges
Chicago Blues legend Mary Lane
With Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Chicago Klaas van der Tempel
Paul Lisnek Political reporter WGN TV