Dave Bing: Member, Basketball Hall of Fame. Former Detroit Piston Rookie of the Year... Named to the NBA list of Top 50 Players of all time...Upon his retirement, he took $80,000 of his savings along with a $250,000 loan and founded what would become The Bing Group, a grouping of manufacturing concerns selling products to the automotive, appliance and office supply industries...Companies' projected revenues for 2008 exceed $1 billion...will possibly make a step into Detroit City or Michigan State politics in the near future. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Has made reinventing himself into an art form...The Austrian Oak was the greatest competitive body builder of all time, winning the Mr. Universe title five times and adding seven Mr. Olympia titles...Athlete turned actor, Schwarzenegger became one of the worlds biggest box office stars for 20 years with a string of hits, including the Terminator series...Not satisfied to reach cultural icon status twice (if that's possible) he was drafted by the Republican Party to run for Governor following the recall of sitting Governor Grey Davis...Won in a landslide of more than 1.3 million votes. Now in his second term as California's "Governator"...The son of an Austrian sheriff, Schwarzenegger completed his transition into American high society when he married Maria Shriver in 1977, and became a member of America's Royal Family, The Kennedys.  Wayman Tisdale: Second player picked in 1985 draft, selected by Indiana Pacers...Had a 12-year NBA career for the Pacers, Kings and Suns. Best year was ‘89-90 when he averaged 22.3 per game and 7.5 rebounds per game for Sacramento...Member of the Gold Medal winning 1984 US Olympic Basketball team as an All-America from Oklahoma...Exceeded his accomplishments on the basketball court in the world of music...One of America's most accomplished contemporary jazz musicians...His award winning work has now crossed over onto the R & B charts...Announced in August that a portion of his leg would be amputated to stop the spread of cancer he's been fighting for more than a year...Celebrated his return to a cancer-free life with the a new album aptly titled Rebound.  Audie Murphy: Though standing only 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing fewer than 120 pounds when he enlisted in WW II, Murphy became the most decorated war hero in United States military history...He received 33 awards for his bravery in numerous battles during WW II including the Congressional Medal of Honor, The Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in battle...After the war he became one of America's favorite actors appearing in 44 feature films, the most successful of which was To Hell and Back, the story of his heroics in Germany. It was the biggest grossing movie in Universal Studios history until the release of JAWS some 20 years later...His life was cut short by a plane crash in 1971...He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, where his grave is second only to that of JFK as the most visited at those hallowed grounds. Frank Pace has produced nearly 500 episodes of network television, including Murphy Brown and Suddenly Susan. He is currently the Producer of the ABC Series George Lopez. He can be reached at
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