Dusty Hill lived not to far from me when I was jr high/high school age. (Spring Shadows area in Houston) He had a DeLorean, which we'd see him drive around every now and then.
One of my best friends Dad was a pretty good pool player and played around (often for money) the area. There was a dive bar in the shopping center where our local Kroger was. Apparently they played a few games together. His Dad was pretty close-lipped about his bar outings...
I graduated from Northbrook HS and while in college got to be friends with a guy from Spring Woods. He lived around the corner and used to mow DH's lawn. Apparently he was a little fatty back in the day and one time while mowing, he passed out right there in the middle of Dusty's lawn. Dusty came out and found him, and drove him to his house. There's my not-really "brush with greatness."