| Who
is who.........? |
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| See if you can
match which famous Long Islander belongs to which yearbook
picture....Answers will be given at the end of this article on the next
page. (courtesy
of Newsday, Sunday, June 16, 1996) |
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| 1. A 1948 graduate of W. C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, he would produce results in a new medium. |
2. After he graduated from Massapequa's A. G. Berner High School in 1976, this class presi- dent not only reached for the stars but married one. |
3.
This 1953 graduate of Manhasset High School went from the gridiron's Orange 11 to moviedom's Dirty Dozen. |
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| 4. Her nickname at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn was Mirage, but this 1987 graduate's singing career turned out to be as big as her hair. |
5-6.
They had
separate pictures in the 1969 yearbook from Calhoun High School in
Merrick, but chances are they are mugging together in your supermarket
aisle. |
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| 7. The 1960 Roslyn High School senior class voted him tallest, class writer and most likely to succeed: Right on all counts. | 8. At Long Beach, this
1965 graduate was captain of the baseball team, and played in the high
school bands. And he looked marvelous. |
9. He dropped the first
two letters of his last name -- it started with "la..." -- but this
1968 Malverne High School graduate never went down for the count in his
acting career. |
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| 10. "I'll be singing,"
said Leslie Wunderman in the "What We'll Be Doing in the Year 2000"
section of Baldwin High School's 1980 yearbook. Today: same goal. |
11. Name the sport, and
this East Islip High School graduate of 1979 passed with flying colors.
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12. She was in the
Calhoun High School choir, and this 1988 graduate's lyrics didn't get
much racier once she hit the big time. |
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| 13. This Great Neck North
High School alumnus, whose nickname was "Francie," graduated in 1956.
Then Hollywood made him an offer he couldn't refuse. |
14. This 1977 Massape- qua High School graduate was a Future Homemaker of America her freshman and sophomore years. |
15. He left Hicksville
High School in his senior year without graduating, but this baymen's
buddy was awarded a diploma 25 years later. |
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| 16. Her fellow student at
Garden City High School in 1964 had more sense than her peers nowa-
days -- they voted her most theatrical. "Bubbling with talent," the
year- book said. |
17. This class clown was
voted most uninhibited and most musical at Nortport High School in
1967. No wonder she made it to the Great White Way and beyond. |
18. This 1979 "most
popular" Roosevelt High School graduate probably wouldn't trade places
with any of his classmates for all the money in Beverly Hills. |
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| 19. At Commack High
School South in 1980, she was homecoming queen, most school- spirited personality and class clown. Today...well, she's still in character. |
20. The Freeport High
School yearbook doesn't mention any activities for this 1959 graduate,
but he became a singer who's been known to take a walk on the wild
side. |
21. This 1961 graduate of
West Babylon High School wrestled, ran track and was a student
journalist. Now he's a big talker. |
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| 22. Nothing was listed on
the activities roster for this 1972 Massapequa High School graduate -- appropriate, considering he's made a career of making us laugh about, well, nothing. |
23. The
fortitude-implying last name of this 1964 Great Neck South graduate
turned out to be prophetic. She went on to head a major movie studio. |
24. Here's the most
shocking thing about this 1972 graduate of Rockville Centre's South
High School: He was in the Key Club. |
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| Debbie
Gibson |
Jim Brown |
Patti Lupone |
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| Francis Ford
Coppola |
Jerry Seinfeld |
Mariah Carey |
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| Tony Danza |
Rocker Lou
Reed |
Jessica Hahn |
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Ben Cohen (left) and Jerry
Greenfield (right), the founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.
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Geraldo
Rivera |
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| Roone
Arledge |
Boomer
Esaison |
Billy
Joel |
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| Rosie
O'Donnell |
Former
Columbia Pictures chief Dawn Steel |
Howard
Stern |
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| Alec
Baldwin |
Singer
Taylor Dane |
Susan
Lucci |
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| Eddie Murphy |
Billy
Crystal |
Michael
Crichton |