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Barry Bremen (June 30, 1947 – June 30, 2011) was a West Bloomfield, Michigan, insurance and novelty goods salesman and marketing executive known in the sports world as The Great Imposter.
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Oct 18, 2016 · In 1979, a strange man in full Kansas City Kings uniform joined the basketball team for a pre-game warm-up. This prank started the legend of Barry Bremen, an insurance salesman from Michigan, who...
Jul 13, 2022 · The legend of Barry Bremen, known to the public as “The Great Imposter” began in 1979. Specifically, at the NBA All Star Game in Pontiac, Michigan. In a bet with his friends that he could not only make it on the court, but shoot in the layup line, Bremen became a cultural phenomenon.
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Jul 11, 2022 · “The Great Imposter and Me” debuts at 7 p.m. Tuesday on ESPN and will be available to stream on ESPN+ after its airing.
Feb 13, 2024 · According to Robert Crichton's book The Great Impostor: The Amazing Career of Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Demara was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 12, 1921, and experienced his first ...
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (December 1921 – June 7, 1982) was an American impostor. He was the subject of both a book and a movie, loosely based on his exploits: The Great Impostor, in which he was played by Tony Curtis.
The Great Impostor is a 1961 American comedy-drama film based on the story of an impostor named Ferdinand Waldo Demara. Loosely based on Robert Crichton's 1959 biography of the same name, it stars Tony Curtis in the title role and was directed by Robert Mulligan .
