Celebrities living in Florida

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Who are some famous people that live in Florida or at least have a home here? My frame of reference is basically music, but feel free to list famous people from any field.

These are people I've heard or read live at least part of the time in our state:

Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

Others I know of who lived here in the recent past until their deaths include Davy Jones of the Monkees, David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Burt Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen.

Who else? Does anyone famous have a home right here in Our Villages? Has anyone bumped into any of our famous neighbors anywhere in Florida?

[Joe V.]

Who are some famous people that live in Florida or at least have a home here? My frame of reference is basically music, but feel free to list famous people from any field.

These are people I've heard or read live at least part of the time in our state:

Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

Others I know of who lived here in the recent past until their deaths include Davy Jones of the Monkees, David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Burt Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen.

Who else? Does anyone famous have a home right here in Our Villages? Has anyone bumped into any of our famous neighbors anywhere in Florida?


John Travolta, Ocala, Florida, with his jet.

[dewilson58]

Grace Gantner, The Villages.

[alwann]

And just about every major champion golfer you've ever heard of. Oh, and me. My grandkids think I'm someone famous.

[Bogie Shooter]

Grace Gantner, The Villages.

:coolsmiley:

[Topspinmo]

Who are some famous people that live in Florida or at least have a home here? My frame of reference is basically music, but feel free to list famous people from any field.

These are people I've heard or read live at least part of the time in our state:

Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

Others I know of who lived here in the recent past until their deaths include Davy Jones of the Monkees, David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Burt Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen.

Who else? Does anyone famous have a home right here in Our Villages? Has anyone bumped into any of our famous neighbors anywhere in Florida?


Never heard of them!:1rotfl:

[rockandroller]

John Travolta, Ocala, Florida, with his jet.

Here are a few links, enjoy!

John Travolta’s House Is A Functional Airport With 2 Runways For His Private Planes (https://www.architecturendesign.net/john-travoltas-house-is-a-functional-airport-with-2-runways-for-his-private-planes/)

History for sale in Ocala: Jumbolair hits the market (https://www.architecturendesign.net/john-travoltas-house-is-a-functional-airport-with-2-runways-for-his-private-planes/)

Jumbolair Aviation Estates (https://www.ocalaneighborhoods.com/jumbolair/?id=8605_NE_14th_TERRACE_Ocala_FL_34479,res_147078 )

[John_W]

Donna Summer until her death in 2012 from cancer, had a home she bought in 2007 on North Manasota Key off Venice, Florida, where she actually died. She also had a 25 acre home in Brentwood, Tennesse and a home on Shelter Island off Long Island, NY. North Manasota Key is very exclusive and gated community. The home was built in 1950 was once owned by Mel Tillis, it was 4 bedroom 4 bath, 3786 square feet on 1.1 acres with 200' of Gulf frontage with a boat house, dock and pool. After Donna Summer's death, the home went on the market for $3.2 million and sold in 2013 in 71 days for $2.85 million. The buyer was Detlev von Platen, the president and chief executive officer of Porsche Cars North America. Others with homes on Manasota Key are Tim McGraw, Bobby Vinton and Martina Navratilova.

https://wp.zillowstatic.com/blogs-legacy/1/files/2012/05/802-N-Manasota-Key-Rd-Englewood-Fl.jpg

[karostay]

If I add the big guy D T will it be considered political statement ?
Lets find out

[LuckyS]

Kid Rock - Jupiter

[Gerald]

Jerry M. won of my favorite people. Lives in the villages. With all the other famous people living in the villages. Ask me I never lie about something like this.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Forgot Barry Gibb in Miami.

[BS Beef]

Don’t forget Oprah on Casey Key. I believe Stephen king has a place there too.

[manaboutown]

Chris Evert, Tiger Woods and Rush.

[Jewelz]

Gloria Estefan live in Miami!

[BlkBlt6]

Rob Grill of The Grass Roots

[JaneG1]

Robin Zander - Cheap Trick - Clearwater

[jksturgeon]

i'm 76 and don't know any of these so called celebrities ?

[dewilson58]

i'm 76 and don't know any of these so called celebrities ?




Come out of your 50 year quarantine:


Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota



:MOJE_whot:

[rustyp]

Here in The Villages - Nancy Lopez. However I think she moved away to a gated community.

[maggie1]

And just about every major champion golfer you've ever heard of. Oh, and me. My grandkids think I'm someone famous.

Grandkids! What more wonderful thing could God have put on the earth than grand kids? Our two miss us just as much as we miss them:mademyday:

[maggie1]

If I add the big guy D T will it be considered political statement ?
Lets find out

What does "D"elirium "T"remens have to do with famous people living in FL? :icon_wink::icon_wink:

[Pedrocarrasco01@yahoo.com]

Who are some famous people that live in Florida or at least have a home here? My frame of reference is basically music, but feel free to list famous people from any field.

These are people I've heard or read live at least part of the time in our state:

Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area We lived in Boynton Beach
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

Others I know of who lived here in the recent past until their deaths include Davy Jones of the Monkees, David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Burt Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen.

Who else? Does anyone famous have a home right here in Our Villages? Has anyone bumped into any of our famous neighbors anywhere in Florida?

We lived for 5 years in Boynton Beach, I saw Rod Stewart several times in Worth Drive shopping, he drives a Yellow Lamborghini, you cannot miss him, he is perhaps 5’2” and a real nice person, I sat a few chairs away from Bruce Springsteen at the Wellington Amphitheater, he had several people (what I thought were bodyguards) with him, no one came close to him. :popcorn::popcorn::a040::a040::a040:

[Girlcopper]

Who are some famous people that live in Florida or at least have a home here? My frame of reference is basically music, but feel free to list famous people from any field.

These are people I've heard or read live at least part of the time in our state:

Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

Others I know of who lived here in the recent past until their deaths include Davy Jones of the Monkees, David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Burt Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen.

Who else? Does anyone famous have a home right here in Our Villages? Has anyone bumped into any of our famous neighbors anywhere in Florida?

John Travolta-Ocala

[Dlbonivich]

Quite a few near Clearwater because of Scientology. Celine Dion, Tom Cruise are a couple off the top of my head. Dale Chihuly from the art world. Florida 1/2 Washington 1/2.

[amdubuc]

How about Villages regulars:
Bobby Goldsboro and Peter Noon (Herman’s Hermits)
I think both are in the area.

[Quixote]

William Burghoff—played Radar O’Reilly on M*A*S*H, somewhere near Crystal River (so I’ve been told).

[askcarl]

AC/DC lead singer, Brian Johnson, Sarasota, FL

And others. Brian Johnson's House in Sarasota, FL (Google Maps) (#2) (https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/brian-johnsons-house-1/view/google/)

[Rhonda West]

Graeme Edge - drummer for The Moody Blues lives in Bradenton, FL

[am.zinger@aol.com]

Bobby Goldsboro, singer

[HappyRetired]

Nancy Lopez no longer has a home in The Villages. After her marriage she moved to her husband's home and sold the one she had here.

Mike Huckabee has a place in the Pahandle.

Unless they do entertainment the ones that live in The Villages don't want to be known. I've heard a famous piano player (not Elton) lives here but can't confirm.

[BlackhawksFan]

Who are some famous people that live in Florida or at least have a home here? My frame of reference is basically music, but feel free to list famous people from any field.

These are people I've heard or read live at least part of the time in our state:

Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

Others I know of who lived here in the recent past until their deaths include Davy Jones of the Monkees, David Cassidy of the Partridge Family, Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Burt Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen.

Who else? Does anyone famous have a home right here in Our Villages? Has anyone bumped into any of our famous neighbors anywhere in Florida?

Many MLB and NFL players do.

A Rod and J.Lo -Miami
Derek Jeter -Miami/Tampa
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen - in Jeter's Tampa house
There's just too many to mention.

[ficoguy]

Burt Reynolds kicked the bucket

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Burt Reynolds kicked the bucket

As noted in original post, but thank you.

Speaking of which, someone else mentioned Rob Grill. He also kicked it. And it's why "The Grassroots" have been appearing in the Villages the last few years with no original members. Wouldn't that make them a mere tribute band with tickets that should rightly be valued quite a bit less than if they were the real deal?

[garynarramore]

Clifton Davis. Actor, singer, songwriter, author and minister owns a house in The Villages and I believe bought a house here for his mother too. I am proud that he lives here.

[Kahuna32162]

Rob Grill of The Grass Roots

He passed away in 2011.

[Scorpyo]

And just about every major champion golfer you've ever heard of. Oh, and me. My grandkids think I'm someone famous.
Yeah me too. My wife even thinks I'm famous - ok occasionally, ok all ready - rarely.

[nevjudbaker]

John Travolta Ocala area.

[Worldseries27]

John travolta and wife kelly preston on ocala
does tom brady o-2 vs eli
and gisele bundchen count. How about president trump calling palm beach home?

[jamesdschramm]

Donald Trump

[OhioBuckeye]

He passed away in 2011.

Kahuna, love your status picture, I think you must be famous, LOL.

[rondvu2]

Vanilla Ice Robert Van winkle-Wellington

[B-flat]

There has been some talk that the two time Grammy Award winning pianist Peter Nero has a home in The Villages.

Peter Nero - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nero)

[OlifOlif]

Gillin Asbegh, formally of the team of Franz, Gillin, and O'Rourke. Last residence was near South Elroy in the north east area

[DangeloInspections]

I have done inspections here in The Villages for some well known, famous people who have bought here. At the risk of appearing rude, (which I am not), it is against my ethical standards to ever divulge the personal information of any of our clients. Statistically, with the thousands of good folks we have here, a portion will always be famous.

The great thing about life is whether one is famous or not, we all have amazing life stories.....Stay well!

Respectfully, Frank D.

[Ben Franklin]

These people live, or have a home in the Fort Myers - Naples area. Greg Luzinski, former Phila. Phillies outfielder. He sat next to us once at Sweet Tomatoes. His wife was giving him an earful too. Ted Koppel had a home on Captiva, but recently sold it. Christopher Walken's parents lived on Captiva and he would visit often and take his parents to the Bubble Room.

Others:

NBA star Larry Bird
Rocker Bob Seger
Alex Lifeson of Rush
Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka
PGA star Rocco Mediate
LPGA's Nancy Lopez
JUDGE Judy Sheindlin
DONNA SUMMER Tiburon Country Club
Robert Rauschenberg [artist] lived on and had a studio on Captiva before his death.
George Romaro, first zombie movie director lived on Sanibel, before he moved back to Pittsburgh, PA.
A half dozen MLB stars, including Greg Luzinski and Bullet Bob Turley
Retired NBC weather star Williard Scott lives on Sanibel Island, not far from him is Aerosmith rocker Joe Perry.
Herbert Kohler Jr. of Kohler faucets might still live on North Captiva. He did list him home for sale at $5.7 million.
Randy Wayne White, author, lives on Sanibel.

[jarodrig]

Whitey Bulger , Coleman Federal Prison ...... until he transferred to another prison and was killed the day after ......

Congresswoman Corrine Brown, Coleman Federal Prison. I believe she may have been recently “early” released due to fears of the virus...... hummmmm , what about the rest of the inmates ? Guess they don’t count.....

I’m sure there are other notables as well at Coleman......

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Chip and Dale, Buzz Lightyear, Donald Duck, Ariel, Jasmine, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, and many more.

[bpascani]

Hannity

[dewilson58]

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Chip and Dale, Buzz Lightyear, Donald Duck, Ariel, Jasmine, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, and many more.




Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat post.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I believe the Freddy Cannon lives in the Tampa area.

[Northwoods]

Whitey Bulger , Coleman Federal Prison ...... until he transferred to another prison and was killed the day after ......

Congresswoman Corrine Brown, Coleman Federal Prison. I believe she may have been recently “early” released due to fears of the virus...... hummmmm , what about the rest of the inmates ? Guess they don’t count.....

I’m sure there are other notables as well at Coleman......

Larry Nasser!! Seriously. He's at Coleman. Justice would be served if he got Coronavirus.

[John_W]

Rob Grill of The Grass Roots

Rob Grill lived in Leesburg, but fell off the roof of his home in 2011 and died. You could count him a former resident.

[jarodrig]

Rob Grill lived in Leesburg, but fell off the roof of his home in 2011 and died. You could count him a former resident.

Reports say he died in Orlando Florida Hospital after complications from a stroke.....

[CanfieldCardinal70]

John Trivolta has a home and several airplanes in Ocala. Some people have a concrete driveway. He and his neighbors have an airstrip!

[John_W]

Reports say he died in Orlando Florida Hospital after complications from a stroke.....

All this stuff is at your fingertips, on the internet. If you have a serious brain injury, it would probably be best to go to Orlando instead Leesburg Regional. Rob Grill died from complications of a head injury sustained in a fall in June 2011. After suffering two strokes following the fall, each located in different parts of his brain, he fell into a coma.

Prior to that, Rob had been on pain killers for about ten years due to a painful bad hip. In fact he was arrested and charged in 2007 with three felony counts of illegally obtaining prescription painkillers. The charge states that Grill obtained prescriptions from four different doctors for 490 doses of the painkiller oxycodone during a two month period.

You can see he should have never been on that roof, here's a performance from 2010 where he is no longer playing the bass and has to be seated and you can tell he's slurring his words.

The Grass Roots - "Let's Live for Today" with Rob Grill - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiietdDweN8)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9f/17/3a/9f173a5822973db3a7c8d67e69c1c3c9.jpg

[John_W]

..."The Grassroots" have been appearing in the Villages the last few years with no original members. Wouldn't that make them a mere tribute band with tickets that should rightly be valued quite a bit less than if they were the real deal?

I saw Molly Hatchet January 8th at Savannah Center and the oldest member in the band was the keyboard player John Galvin, who was invited to join in '84 when guitarist Steve Holland left the band. As of now, Holland is the only original member still alive, but is not in the band. Even when original vocalist Danny Joe Brown retired in 1995 and died in 2005, his replacement Phil McCormack died last year. I saw the original lineup in Savannah in 1982, put on a great show then and now.

Bobby Ingram the guitarist since 1987 owns the name of the band and plays for what 3 guitarist use to perform, he's excellent. The new singer that replaced Phil last year, is actually much better.

Here's the band in Germany three weeks before they appeared at the Savannah Center.

Molly Hatchet-Dreams I ll Never See Live in Torgau December 20/2019 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2qb8uUR9F4&list=PLvie9ybEKIp_O_aGxVnhdLORUnKXLW-pG&index=15&t=0s)

I saw the Yardbirds here in 2017 and only the original drummer Jim McCarty is in the lineup, it's good to hear the songs even if it's by a glorified tribute band but by a good group of musicians. Here's a live video from 2017. The original singer Keith Relf died in '76 by accident, the guitarist were Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, don't expect to see those guys anything soon playing. We have to take what we can get.

Heart Full Of Soul - Yardbirds LIVE!! @ Simi Cajun 2017 - musicUcansee.com - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZsn-7gVLA)

[John_W]

These people live, or have a home in the Fort Myers - Naples area.

DONNA SUMMER Tiburon Country Club

A bit of info about Donna Summer, apparently Disco paid very well:

Donna Summer died in 2012 from lung cancer, although she only smoked in her younger years, she contributes the cancer to inhaling toxic fumes during 9/11 in NYC. She bought home in 2007 on North Manasota Key off Venice (sometimes called Englewood). She also had a 25 acre home in Brentwood, Tennesse and a home on Shelter Island off Long Island, NY. North Manasota Key is very exclusive and gated community. The home was built in 1950 was once owned by Mel Tillis, it was 4 bedroom 4 bath, 3786 square feet on 1.1 acres with 200' of Gulf frontage with a boat house, dock and pool. After Donna Summer's death, the home went on the market for $3.2 million and sold in 2013 in 71 days for $2.85 million. The buyer was Detlev von Platen, the president and chief executive officer of Porsche Cars North America. Others with homes on Manasota Key are Tim McGraw, Bobby Vinton and Martina Navratilova.

https://wp.zillowstatic.com/blogs-legacy/1/files/2012/05/802-N-Manasota-Key-Rd-Englewood-Fl.jpg

In 2000 Donna bought a condo in the gated community of Bolero in Naples. She owned both the condo and the above waterfront home.

https://wp.zillowstatic.com/blogs-legacy/1/files/2012/05/2647-Bolero-Dr-3-Naples-FL-aerial.jpg

Donna died at age 63 and is buried at Hapeth Memorial Gardens in Nashville.

https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2013/175/90273935_137221914539.jpg

Donna's home in Brentwood, Tennessee. During renovations in 1999 the home burned down, and was rebuilt new.

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Donna's Shelton Island, NY home she bought in 1997 on 2.2 acres.

https://wp.zillowstatic.com/blogs-legacy/1/files/2012/05/50-Gardiners-Bay-Dr-Shelter-Island-Heights-NY.jpg

Shelter Island is near the east end of Long Island

https://nynomads.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/map-of-long-island.jpg

[John_W]

John Trivolta has a home and several airplanes in Ocala. Some people have a concrete driveway. He and his neighbors have an airstrip!

This has been mentioned many times on TOTV, last time in detail was when he appeared last year at Brownwood Theater for the premier of his movie The Fanatic.

His Ocala home in Jumbolair Estates

https://i1.wp.com/globalfilmlocations.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/john-travoltas-house.png?resize=980%2C604&ssl=1

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https://www.ocala-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Jumbolair-main-photo-696x382.jpg

[LiverpoolWalrus]

A bit of info about Donna Summer, apparently Disco paid very well:


I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you were a big Donna Summer fan. I find that interesting because for me and all my rocker friends, and rockers around the country, disco was public enemy #1.

Not criticizing your taste of course (especially not 40 years after the fact). It's just that you're the first person I know of that liked rock music AND disco from our generation.

[John_W]

Forever reason, when she redid the Jimmy Webb song MacArthur Park I started listening to her. I always thought the original version by Richard Harris was beautiful. I thought by her doing that song other people would be interested in more complex music. As I listened to her stuff, most of it went by the wayside as more disco. Since were now 40 years removed, almost any type music from the 70's and 80's I take a liking to. The more I hear her stuff, the more I like it. I even went to Savannah Center last to see the Village People, it was a good time for all.

I can remember back in the late 70's when I lived in Pensacola dropping my wife off at Big Daddy's Triple Decker Lounge so she could hear disco and I would go to Machine Kelly's overlooking the bay and hear rock. I remember one band because their name was so unusual, it was Tequila Mockingbird, and they would hold up signs that said "Disco Sucks" and the place would go wild.

Richard Harris Live MacArthur, I always thought the lyrics were so stupid, that it was good.

Richard Harris, Mac Arthur - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmZNbVBeIk)

Donna Summer doing a live version of MacArthur Park.

Donna Summer - MacArthur Park (from VH1 Presents Live & More Encore!) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDD7t2Mj_aQ)

[Nucky]

The Beatlemaniacs

[Topspinmo]

Come out of your 50 year quarantine:


Bruce Springsteen - Wellington
Jimmy Buffet - Palm Beach
Rod Stewart - Palm Beach area
Phil Collins - Miami
Jon Anderson formerly of Yes - Miami
Dickey Betts formerly of the Allman Brothers - Tampa area
Gary Puckett - Sarasota
Rick Derringer - Sarasota

:MOJE_whot:

Maybe he don’t consider them celebrates. :ohdear: