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Illusions?!
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!!! I probably ought to stop reading stuff like this. But - I
find it all really curious...especially "John Barron." And it makes me
wonder...what else is an "illusion?"
28 Famous People Who Never Existed
Betty Crocker: She is almost 100 years old. Also - she is a prop for
selling cookbooks and such.
Aunt Jemima: She was created by R. T. Davis. She was another "prop"
used to sell food products.
Allegra Coleman: Gracing the cover of Esquire in 1996, and created by
Martha Stewart...she was another "prop" to sell products.
William Tell: This guy was a true "Swiss Folk" legend.
Donald Kaufman: He is another fictional character...played by Nicholas
Cage.
Alan Smithee: He was a made-up "director"..that other directors used
when they did not want to put their name on something they thought
would fail.
Carolyn Keene: This was a "catch-all" name for ghostwriters who wrote
for Ed Stratemeyer. He/They did the Nancy Drew mystery books.
Franklin W. Dixon: Again - attributed to Ed Stratemeyer regarding the
Hardy Boys mystery books.
Mavis Beacon: Her books taught you to type. But she was not a real
person.
Tokyo Rose: She was not a real person. Allied troops called any
English-speaking radio broadcaster who spread Japanese propaganda...a
"Tokyo Rose."
Ami Eguchi:This was really a computer with combined traits of the six
members of AKB48
Otto Titzling:This is the gentleman who founded the brassiere...and,
not real.
Pierre Brassau: He was actually a chimpanzee. Journalist Ake
"Dackie" Axelsson (Swedish journalist) thought critics could not
tell real art from that of as chimp. He got a chimpanzee to "paint" and
exhibited the "art." The people loved it.
Pope Joan: She was supposed to have ruled in the Middle Ages for a
couple of months. No records of her exist. There reportedly has never
been a female pope.
Lonely Girl 15: Named "Bree" - she was a fictional character on a
YouTube diary. She was played by Jessica Rose.
George P. Burdell: He was a fictional character who enrolled at Georgia
Tech in 1927. He was said to have received all undergraduate degrees
offered by Georgia Tech.
Taro Tsujimoto: He was an imaginary ice hockey player "drafted" by the
National Hockey League's. Buffalo Sabres in 1974. Reportedly, Punch
Imlach was fed up with the slow drafting process via the phone
and said he drafted Tsujimoto.
Nat Tate: Created by William Boyd, Tate was an imaginary person
(abstract expressionist) who destroyed 99% of his work. He leapt to his
death from the Staten Island Ferry.
John Barron: In the 1980's, reporters who called the Trump Organization
to schedule an interview with the "boss"...were referred to John
Barron, Trump spokesman...who actually was...Donald Trump himself.
Robin Hood: It's a good story. It's a good idea. It's also hard to
prove Robin Hood existed.
Paul Bunyan: He is actually a combination of French and Canadian
lumberjacks...Bun Jean and Fabian Fournier. He embodies "frontier
vitality" - might, willingness to hard, and overcome all obstacles.
He's not a real person.
Kaycee Nicole Swenson: She was fictitious and portrayed by Debbie
Swenson. "She" was a teenager suffering with leukemia and telling her
story on websites. It worked to two years.
The Marlboro Man: He was a cowboy-type guy the Marlboro company used to
sell cigarettes. He was not real.
Mingering MIke: "He" created more than 50 funk and soul album
covers...and no albums. He was not real. He was created by Mike Stevens.
King Arthur: He was inspired by King Henry VIII and most likely not
real. He led revolts and won wars for England.
Jim Crow: He was not real. He was a black theater character
created by Thomas Rice. Jim Crow was a trickster who was in favor
of blacks' rights...called Jim Crow's Laws...and popular with the
slaves.
David Manning: He was not real. "He" was a pseudonym used by marketing
executives to consistently give good reviews to Sony..subsidiary of
Columbia Pictures. - Best Life Editors
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!! MONA
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