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Article: 'RICHARD GERE' AND EGGS AT THE CAPITOL.(FRONT)(MELANIE CONKLIN)(Column)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2005
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Byline: Melanie Conklin
To put on a show at this year's Frostiball, local PR maven Mary-Beth Kuester brought Oprah Winfrey's mom, Vernita Lee.
For the Spring Gala, a benefit for the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation held last Saturday at the State Capitol, she sought to again draw attention. So she brought Richard Gere.
Or, shall we say, "Richard Gere."
Oshkosh model Jeff Jones makes a living off of being one of the foremost Gere look-a-likes. And she says he fooled Wisconsin's former first lady.
"I took my 'Richard Gere' up to Sue Ann Thompson and she started going on about how she met him at a UW Hospital event with his ...