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unusual facts about Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist



Alice Buffett

Alice Buffett is a political figure and linguist from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.

Carol Merrill

Merrill is mentioned by name in lyrics of the song "Door Number Three", written by Steve Goodman and Jimmy Buffett, and featured on Buffett's 1974 album A1A as well as on Goodman's 1975 album Jessie's Jig and Other Favorites.

Come Monday

At a live performance in 1974, Buffett mentioned that he wrote the song heading out to California the previous year, meaning that it would have been written as he was "heading up to San Francisco for the Labor Day Weekend show" in 1973.

David Buffett

David Ernest Buffett AM (born 17 October 1942) is a political figure from the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.

Eddie Bennett

Bennett's life was mentioned by billionaire Warren Buffett during his annual stockholder report in 2002, saying that Bennett was a key role model during Buffett's career in investing, naming him a "winner at every costs".

Investment

In March 2013 Forbes magazine had Warren Buffett ranked as number 2 in their Forbes 400 list.

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

The portion of the music video featuring Jimmy Buffett was shot at Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana.

Ivens Buffett

Ivens François "Toon" Buffett was a political figure from the Australian External Territory of Norfolk Island.

Police stressed that the Buffett case was unrelated to the 2002 death of Janelle Patton who, until Buffett's death, had been the only person in the island's recent history to be murdered there.

Due to the inadequacy of jail cells and hospice facilities on the island, Leith Buffett was transferred to Sydney, first to Long Bay Prison's hospital, a matter which required an amendment to the Crimes Act 1999 in New South Wales.

Jimmy Buffett greatest hits compilations

"Stories From My Favorite Books" is a spoken-word track taken from a recording that originally aired on Radio Margaritaville of Buffett reading an excerpt of Mark Twain's travelogue, Following the Equator.

Lennie Gallant

His songs have also appeared in feature films including Canvas, which starred Marcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano (“Mademoiselle Voulez Vous Danser”, recorded by Jimmy Buffett), Conquest, which starred Lothaire Bluteau (theme song), Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes (feature), and The Bellinger (sound track).

Parrothead

The term "Parrot Head" began in 1985 at a Jimmy Buffett concert at the Timberwolf Amphitheater in Cincinnati, OH.

Savannah Jane Buffett

Savannah Jane Buffett began her professional career with the publication of The Jolly Mon (published in 1988) with her father, tropical folk artist Jimmy Buffett.

Susan Buffett

According to Roger Lowenstein's 1995 Random House biography, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, while Warren encouraged Susan to pursue her career in music, he was soon heartbroken by her move.

Swine Not?

Buffett's friend, Helen Bransford, asked him to review her 25-page nonfiction manuscript describing her four years living at New York's Carlyle Hotel with her then-husband Jay McInerney, two children, and pet pig.

Where Is Joe Merchant?

This characterization of Desdemona also appears in several of Buffett's songs, including "Fruitcakes" and "Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship" from his album Banana Wind.


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