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BeeTL
02-02-06, 02:56 PM
...and I'm not referring to a BF member user I.D.

I suspect this is a person of some notoriety, and I'm just curious to find out who he is and what makes him noteworthy.

Thanks!

*by the way, I have permission from a certain BF member to ask the question*

fifao
02-02-06, 03:29 PM
Looks like Elvis..

(hahahahahahhahahahahah)
jyossarian
02-02-06, 03:33 PM
Oliver Stone

webist
02-02-06, 03:46 PM
Beaver Clever.
CMcMahon
02-02-06, 04:14 PM
Oliver Stone

That'd be my guess, too.
sunninho
02-02-06, 04:33 PM
You mean the member who uses this avatar doesn't know who it is, either??
CycleMagic
02-02-06, 04:34 PM
is it one of the killers from the homocides detailed in Capote's In Cold Blood?
sunninho
02-02-06, 04:39 PM
Do we get a prize?? :D
telenick
02-02-06, 04:58 PM
Andreas Bernd Baader

Leader of the Marxist revolutionary Red Army Faction (RAF.)
The Baader-Meinhof Gang.

He died young in jail (early 30s.)
BeeTL
02-02-06, 05:38 PM
Andreas Bernd Baader

Leader of the Marxist revolutionary Red Army Faction (RAF.)
The Baader-Meinhof Gang.

He died young in jail (early 30s.)
Interesting read on Baader here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Baader

The photos on file don't seem to quite match up, although Baader has similar features.

http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/BiographieBaaderAndreas_photoBaader/200.jpg

What do you think? Any other suggestions?
jschen
02-02-06, 05:40 PM
Andreas Bernd Baader

Leader of the Marxist revolutionary Red Army Faction (RAF.)
The Baader-Meinhof Gang.

He died young in jail (early 30s.)
I think we may have a winner. That, or it's someone closely associated with Baader. Searching for pics on Google, one comes across the pic I've attached below. It appears the avatar mentioned in the original post is a more complete scan from the same image, flipped horizontally. Notice that the stray strands of hair are in the same place, and even the shadows (or bruises or bad makeup or whatever) above the cheekbone are in the same place.
BeeTL
02-02-06, 05:50 PM
Good work, Jschen!

I thought I had scanned through all of the Google images, but I apparently missed that one.

OK, Baader it is. Quite an unsavory fellow, but died under mysterious circumstances nonetheless...

edit:

Well, this exercise gave me the opportunity to brush up a bit on Jean-Paul Sartre, who interviewed Baader in prison before his death.

Thanks again!
KingTermite
02-02-06, 07:00 PM
I'd have guessed a young Tommy Lee Jones.
BeeTL
02-02-06, 07:10 PM
I'd have guessed a young Tommy Lee Jones.

Did you say a young Tommy Lee?

http://www.myuseless-info.com/motley_010.jpg
scarpi41
02-02-06, 08:12 PM
At first glance i would say a young burt reynolds.......just at first glance.
BeeTL
02-02-06, 08:19 PM
By the way, credit where credit's due:

telenick nailed the ID.

Thanks again!
sngltrackdufus
02-02-06, 11:18 PM
Did you say a young Tommy Lee?

http://www.myuseless-info.com/motley_010.jpg
:beer:
Siu Blue Wind
02-02-06, 11:27 PM
That almost looks like Michael Jackson with a different body. Hah! I KNEW he was really white!
KingTermite
02-03-06, 05:31 AM
Did you say a young Tommy Lee?
They probably both had a turn with Pamela. Hasn't everybody?
blonduathlongrl
02-03-06, 06:44 AM
...and I'm not referring to a BF member user I.D.

I suspect this is a person of some notoriety, and I'm just curious to find out who he is and what makes him noteworthy.

Thanks!

*by the way, I have permission from a certain BF member to ask the question*
I think that was just a picture he used at the barber shop so he could get the same hair cut.