Charlie, thanks for sharing. Ironically, I’ll never forget when my children were about 12 & 13 years old, we were on vacation in the Bahamas. While my wife and I were checking in our girls were sitting and speaking to an older gentleman. While we carefully watched them on the bench speaking with him, they finally came over to us. I asked who they were speaking with and they said John Madden. I said are you sure that was his name and my one daughter said to me, “dad he asked me if I knew who we were talking to and I said no….. he said to me I’m John Madden…. Just tell your parents and they will know”. Sure enough it was John who they sat and spoke with for about 15-20 minutes while we were checking in. He sat and told them so many stories. Very low key but always a gentleman. RIP John.
Charlie, thanks for sharing. Ironically, I’ll never forget when my children were about 12 & 13 years old, we were on vacation in the Bahamas. While my wife and I were checking in our girls were sitting and speaking to an older gentleman. While we carefully watched them on the bench speaking with him, they finally came over to us. I asked who they were speaking with and they said John Madden. I said are you sure that was his name and my one daughter said to me, “dad he asked me if I knew who we were talking to and I said no….. he said to me I’m John Madden…. Just tell your parents and they will know”. Sure enough it was John who they sat and spoke with for about 15-20 minutes while we were checking in. He sat and told them so many stories. Very low key but always a gentleman. RIP John.