Top 10 Most Reclusive Celebrities

[Bruce Appelbaum]

One would expect that the dead ones are most reclusive.

And P was on the Simpsons twice.  He could have been on the Simpsons  
more than twice, but who would know?


Bruce

> "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to  
> worry about answers."

        --- Thomas Pynchon





On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Top 10 Most Reclusive Celebrities
> Vanishing Act
> * 8 of 10
>
> Thomas Pynchon
>
> Even among reclusive novelists, Thomas Pynchon reigns anonymously
> supreme. Almost nothing is known about the author of some of the most
> seminal, mysterious and generally difficult works of 20th century
> fiction, and the novelist would like to keep it that way. Pynchon has
> avoided nearly all media since the 1963 publication of his first book,
> V., and only a few known photos of him exist. When his 1973 novel
> Gravity's Rainbow won the National Book Award, Pynchon had someone
> else accept on his behalf. He has denied all publicity requests but
> one: in 2004, he agreed to appear on The Simpsons. Pynchon even lent
> his own voice to his character, which was drawn with a bag over its
> head
>
> http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1902376_1902378_1902438,00.html
>
> Complete List
> Vanishing Act
>
>    * J.D. Salinger
>    * Howard Hughes
>    * Greta Garbo
>    * Harper Lee
>    * Emily Dickinson
>    * Syd Barrett
>    * Bill Watterson
>    * Thomas Pynchon
>    * Dave Chappelle
>    * Marcel Proust
>
> http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1902376,00.html

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