Subj : Att The Beach...
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Thu Jun 26 2025 16:51:44

This week's focus is: celebrating the life of recently-deceased Brian Wilson, co-founder 
and creative power behind The Beach Boys.

Per wikitree.com. I am:

19 degrees from Brian Wilson
21 degrees from Pamela Anderson
20 degrees from Ernest Gantt
21 degrees from Ava Gardner
37 degrees from Astrud Gilberto
22 degrees from Glynis Johns
24 degrees from Duke Kahanamoku
25 degrees from James Lafferty
19 degrees from Elvis Presley
20 degrees from April Ross
23 degrees from Nevil Shute Norway
28 degrees from Waverly Woodson

More about them:

Brian Wilson, singer, songwriter, and music producer

Pamela Anderson, actress on "Baywatch"

Ernest Gantt, known as Don the Beachcomber, pioneer of tiki bars and restaurants

Ava Gardner, actress who played Moira in the movie, "On the Beach"

Astrud Gilberto, singer who made the song "The Girl From Ipanema" popular

Glynis Johns, actress in "The Beachcombers"

The Big Kahuna, Duke Kahanamoku, father of modern surfing

James Lafferty, Jr., inventor and constructor of Lucy the Elephant, on the New Jersey 
coast

Elvis Presley, actor in "Blue Hawaii"

April Ross, Olympic gold-medalist professional beach volleyball player

Nevil Shute, author of dystopian novel, "On the Beach"

Waverly Woodson, Jr., US Army medic who saved dozens of wounded troops on the 
beaches of Normandy on D-Day

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, 
bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players,  singers and
musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers.  I guess that 
I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly 
newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by 
giving me some basic information by going to:

https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history, 
and I would love to see how WE are related.

Mike Dippel
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