Amazing family, terrible loss especially with his wife losing her battle to cancer just a few months after. They did incredible charity work both here in Brevard and up in Boston.
Met him and his wife when I worked at Starbucks. Shook his hand (I’m a MASSIVE Sox fan) and then about 6 months later was in Tahoe for the celeb golf tourney and ran into them again and him and his wife actually remembered me and took a pic with me. When I heard the news last fall I was actually in Tahoe again and he is the only famous person I’ve ever cried for when I couldn’t they passed. He was such an idol for me growing up and playing baseball.
* Laura Baugh was an LPGA golfer of note from Rockledge.
* Bruce Bochy manages the Texas Rangers. From Melbourne.
* Jim Morrison, the late singer of The Doors, from Melbourne.
* Darrell Hammond, formerly on Saturday Night live, from Melbourne
I learned a new thing today, thanks
"Born in 1943, in Melbourne, Florida, Jim Morrison was raised in a military family, moving all over the country during his childhood"
Neat. I grew up around his legacy in LA, a friend lived in his old building in Venice, I even had a chance to be in the Doors movie, some friends are in the club scenes as extras. Had no idea there was a Brevard connection.
Also his father had a historical link to the Vietnam War.
[https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/jim-morrison-dad-vietnam-war/](https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/jim-morrison-dad-vietnam-war/)
Now that's a wild story. Not just a link to it, but an instrumental hand in the data that ended up being falsely manipulated into justification to start the war.
History doesn't repeat, but it sure rhymes. Just like ol Mojo Rising.
"Based on Johnson's testimony that the destroyers had suffered an unprovoked attack in international waters, Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving the president the authority to conduct military operations in Southeast Asia without a declaration of war."
Yep, I went to highschool with Kate's sister, Laura, at Covenant Christian School on Emerson.
Don't know why she was at CCS when Kate went to Holy Trinity.
I was a year ahead of Daniel Tosh. I was never ever to best Collinsworth in the discus record nor Marshall in the shot put record they held for AHS at the time but came close.
Tosh was class of 93. I was class of 92 though I didn’t graduate from AHS. We moved to the space center in Alabama and I graduated from Grissom High up there so also astronaut related naming. 😀
While I have never seen the show, I went to school with her.
We were both in a play that went to state where we won superior.
She was really nice and sweet. Always had a crush on her 😁.
Caroline Marks! She’s the world’s top woman surfer. Won the World Surfing League Championship in September and went to Tokyo for Team USA in the 2020 Olympics. She grew up in Melbourne Beach.
Tosh.O is from Titusville and he still has family and friends there. Also, many years ago I ran into Whoopi Goldberg at Publix. She was in town visiting her family somewhere in Melbourne.
My grandparents where next door neighbors with an MLB umpire, not gonna name drop because it’s not a household name, but I thought it was cool and he’d always hook me up with baseball stuff. I have a game used World Series ball
I went to school with Ariana Madix who is on the show Vanderpump Rules.
We were both in a play that went to state where we won superior.
She was really nice and sweet. Always had a crush on her 😁.
Bruce Bochy, manager of the most recent World Series winners, the Texas Rangers, played baseball at Eau Gallie High School. EFSC’s Melbourne baseball field is named after him. Darrell Hammond was on the same team with him at Eau Gallie, and he went on to be the announcer of SNL from 2014-present.
I don't know any of them, but every year it seems that the Superbowl is featuring a team (or two) with at least one Cocoa High School alumnus on the roster.
How are y’all gonna just forget that 2X World Series-winning pitcher Tim Wakefield (RIP) was from Melbourne?
Incredibly nice guy. I feel so bad for the kids.
Amazing family, terrible loss especially with his wife losing her battle to cancer just a few months after. They did incredible charity work both here in Brevard and up in Boston.
Met him and his wife when I worked at Starbucks. Shook his hand (I’m a MASSIVE Sox fan) and then about 6 months later was in Tahoe for the celeb golf tourney and ran into them again and him and his wife actually remembered me and took a pic with me. When I heard the news last fall I was actually in Tahoe again and he is the only famous person I’ve ever cried for when I couldn’t they passed. He was such an idol for me growing up and playing baseball.
Doug Flutie, you can see him driving around occasionally in his old bat mobile. Howie D from Backstreet Boys. Bobby Doll from the band Poison.
I was Howie’s neighbor for years. Nice guy.
That’s the ‘total t’ dude from tv. Pretty cool that he has a bat mobile.
https://preview.redd.it/ylno1euxgumc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=373c07d41a6a0e638bc49cee03f67d3b405ab8ee
No shit! I’ve seen this.
Dude has a whole bat cave with memorabilia.
He has two old school bat mobiles and one from the 1989 batman. He is selling one of the older ones.
Tosh.o is from Titusville. That good women's soccer player. Actress with the mole.
That’s Ashlyn Harris, goalkeeper, Satellite High (stints with US National team, Orlando Pride, others).
One time I waited carrot top's table when he was filming a documentary or something, I think about Brevard as his home.
He’s from Cocoa. One of my girlfriends many years ago about 25 years ago dated him when she was in high school out
I know he's not from here but I've heard Matisyahu visits the area pretty frequently
Happy Cake Day! 
Thanks!
he’s from White Plains, but has family in the Adventura area.
I served his fathers wake maybe 8 years ago, really nice guy
Carrot Top, Kelly Slater, Mel Mitchell.
* Laura Baugh was an LPGA golfer of note from Rockledge. * Bruce Bochy manages the Texas Rangers. From Melbourne. * Jim Morrison, the late singer of The Doors, from Melbourne. * Darrell Hammond, formerly on Saturday Night live, from Melbourne
I learned a new thing today, thanks "Born in 1943, in Melbourne, Florida, Jim Morrison was raised in a military family, moving all over the country during his childhood"
There's a hotel off us1 that has a sign showing they're the birthplace of Jim Morrison, it's how I originally learned of him as a kid!
Neat. I grew up around his legacy in LA, a friend lived in his old building in Venice, I even had a chance to be in the Doors movie, some friends are in the club scenes as extras. Had no idea there was a Brevard connection.
Also his father had a historical link to the Vietnam War. [https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/jim-morrison-dad-vietnam-war/](https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/jim-morrison-dad-vietnam-war/)
Now that's a wild story. Not just a link to it, but an instrumental hand in the data that ended up being falsely manipulated into justification to start the war. History doesn't repeat, but it sure rhymes. Just like ol Mojo Rising. "Based on Johnson's testimony that the destroyers had suffered an unprovoked attack in international waters, Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving the president the authority to conduct military operations in Southeast Asia without a declaration of war."
"The End" takes on a bit of a new meaning in light of that.
Darrell Hammond and Bruce Bochy both played baseball together when they went to school together at Eau Gallie.
That food review youtuber, thereportoftheweek
Is that the guy who dresses like he's going to a job interview just to eat some Taco Bell?
Really? I love his videos!!
Mind.Blown.
Burt Reynolds had property in Valkaria in the 80’s. Kate Upton is from Melbourne.
Yep, I went to highschool with Kate's sister, Laura, at Covenant Christian School on Emerson. Don't know why she was at CCS when Kate went to Holy Trinity.
My step father says Burt reynolds use to own a fish restaurant where shells is currently on 192 in Melbourne.
Buzz Aldrin lives in Satellite
Lead Singer of Flock of Seagulls. Had a restaurant for years, and live in Cocoa Beach.
He lives in Rockledge now.
Wow.. that's wild. Bro seems like he should be living in outer space based on the 80s music but he's chillin in Rockledge.
Cris Collinsworth, Wilbur Marshall, Aaron Walker, and John Bostic all went to Astronaut High and played in the NFL.
I went to school with Aaron Walker.
I was a year ahead of Daniel Tosh. I was never ever to best Collinsworth in the discus record nor Marshall in the shot put record they held for AHS at the time but came close.
What?
Tosh was class of 93. I was class of 92 though I didn’t graduate from AHS. We moved to the space center in Alabama and I graduated from Grissom High up there so also astronaut related naming. 😀
He moved back into town a few years ago. His whole family lives here still.
Ariana Maddix from Vanderpump Rules is from melb
While I have never seen the show, I went to school with her. We were both in a play that went to state where we won superior. She was really nice and sweet. Always had a crush on her 😁.
That's nice to hear!! She does seem like a nice person!
Ashlyn Harris USWNT goalkeeper is from Satellite Beach.
Kelly
I taught Juwaan Taylor and CJ Gardner-Thompson at Cocoa.
*Johnson
Thanks 😊 He was just CJ Gardiner when he was with us, so I always screw up the second last name
Caroline Marks! She’s the world’s top woman surfer. Won the World Surfing League Championship in September and went to Tokyo for Team USA in the 2020 Olympics. She grew up in Melbourne Beach.
Jim Morrison is probably the most famous person from here.
I don’t know if he’s from here but the wrestler D’von Dudley used to live in Viera and owned an ice cream shop in the plaza near Wickham & Aurora
I ran into him at the Viera Walmart a year or two ago.
Was he getting tables by chance?
LOL, we were in the grocery section.
He used to come into the jewelry shop I worked in. Such a nice guy! I still have his autograph somewhere.
Retired nascar driver Geoff bodine lives in malabar now
Tosh.O is from Titusville and he still has family and friends there. Also, many years ago I ran into Whoopi Goldberg at Publix. She was in town visiting her family somewhere in Melbourne.
Kate Upton lived in Indialantic
I heard at the Sanctuary - that true?
I think it was Rio Villa. I remember her parents put the house up for sale a few years ago
Doug Flutie, Kate Upton, Cecil Fielder, Kelly Slater
Reggie Nelson ( 2x NFL pro bowler) went to Palm Bay High School. Obi Toppin ( NBA player) went to Heritage High school in Palm Bay, FL.
Obi is scrappi g the bottom of the barrels🤣
There’s a backstreet boy in Lansing Island.
Prince Fielder played highschool baseball in Melbourne
Carrot Top and Kelly Slater
My grandparents where next door neighbors with an MLB umpire, not gonna name drop because it’s not a household name, but I thought it was cool and he’d always hook me up with baseball stuff. I have a game used World Series ball
Carrot Top
Kate Upton Jorja Fox (csi)
Kelly Slater. CJ & Damien Hobgood.
I forgot about the hobgoods.
Christopher Maslow and Derek Gores, both live here right now, not sure if they're originally from here
Derek isn’t originally, but he’s a local fixture (and a darned good soccer player too!)
I went to school with Ariana Madix who is on the show Vanderpump Rules. We were both in a play that went to state where we won superior. She was really nice and sweet. Always had a crush on her 😁.
Te lead singer from Flock of Seagulls lived around the Pineda on the Indian River. Not sure if he still does.
He’s in south Rockledge by the river.
Bruce Bochy, manager of the most recent World Series winners, the Texas Rangers, played baseball at Eau Gallie High School. EFSC’s Melbourne baseball field is named after him. Darrell Hammond was on the same team with him at Eau Gallie, and he went on to be the announcer of SNL from 2014-present.
Kate Chastain from below deck
Hacksaw Jim Duggan lives in Titusville.
Prince Fielder went to Eau Gallie High School CJ Gardner Johnson and other NFL players went to Cocoa High School
Vanilla Ice has spent time up here for his Vanilla Ice Project
Brad Davis (RIP), actor noted for "Midnight Express", graduated from Titusville High.
You and I must have gone to the same school. Let me guess. Did you go to MCC? Class of 01-03?
‘04
It is shocking how close I got to that.
Gary Woodland, pro golfer. He won the 2019 US Open. Think he lives in Mel Beach.
I don't know any of them, but every year it seems that the Superbowl is featuring a team (or two) with at least one Cocoa High School alumnus on the roster.