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message 1: by Feliks, Co-Moderator (last edited Jul 01, 2025 05:54AM) (new)

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statues of classic (or, near -classic) stars around the world. Please list any you happen to know about.


Philadelphia - Rocky Balboa
San Francisco - Karl Malden (as Inspector Mike Stone)
Milwaukee riverfront - 'The Fonz'
Hong Kong - Bruce Lee
Winslow, AZ - Jackson Browne (hon. mention)
statue of Captain Ahab in Ireland


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Laura | 587 comments In County Square, Ulverston there's a Laurel and Hardy Statue

In Millennium Square, Bristol-Cary Grant

In Budapest-Peter Falk as Columbo

In London, both Charlie Chaplin and Laurence Oliver have statues


message 3: by Feliks, Co-Moderator (last edited Jul 01, 2025 08:01AM) (new)

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Good ones

Ah --Vienna(?) has a statue of Ken Follett

And I think both Oxford and Cambridge quads have statues.
'Rumpole of the Bailey'? Someone like that?


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Statue of Jacques Tati in Brittany where 'Mister Hulot' was filmed


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Betsy | 3454 comments Statue of George M. Cohan, Times Square, NYC (subject of Yankee Doodle Dandy)


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Jill Hutchinson (bucs1960) | 3876 comments Statue of Will Rogers in US Capitol building.


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