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Pretty sure I have.told this story before...
In the early 2000's I worked for the company that owned the rights to the Foreman Grill...Salton Inc, which at the time was based in Columbia MO.
One summer the State Special Olympics was held in Columbia and George was the Grand Marshall for the ceremonies.
He came in a day early to meet with the associates at Salton and I was lucky enough to meet him in person when the VP of Finance brought him by my office. Got to shake his hand...and braced myself for my hand to be crushed.
What i got instead was a very cordial soft handshake which puzzled me a bit. What I found out later was that he had worked with a team that taught him how to shake hands so that he could relate to everyone.
Got to spend about 20 minutes chatting with him and the he took a group picture with my team which I still have.
One of the nicest celebrities I ever met....a couple of times I got to chat with him when he was at the Housewares Show at Mccormick Place in Chicago.
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