15 celebrities I've seen in live performance

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On the way home somebody on the radio mentioned Jack Benny playing violin, and this list came to mind. Most of this cultural exposure is thanks to my parents. More than half these people are dead, and the most recent performance was No. 13 in 1990. No particular order here.

1. Jack Benny (playing violin with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
2. Bob Hope (same evening)
3. Maggie Smith (as Lady Macbeth!!!!!)
4. Yule Brynner (as the King of Siam)
5. Vincent Price (as Oscar Wilde in a monologue)
6. Isaac Stern (performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto)
7. Arthur Fiedler
8. Kenny Rogers
9. The Beach Boys
10. Jessye Norman (singing Wagner)
11. Jessica Tandy (as Titania)
12. Hume Cronyn (as Nick Bottom)
13. Buffy Sainte-Marie
14. Michael Rudy (performing Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto)
15. Perry Como