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Thread started 05/08/14 6:02am

lwr001

So, was Big Chick the

first and last celebrity bodyguard? Just asking as he was larger than life as well in Prince's heyday

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Reply #1 posted 05/09/14 4:11am

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lwr001 said:

first and last celebrity bodyguard? Just asking as he was larger than life as well in Prince's heyday

Yes. Prince contemplated hiring Hulk Hogan but soon realized his burnt orange complexion would clash with his outfits -- plus Hulk didn't like the pay.

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Reply #2 posted 05/09/14 10:55am

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There have been other flash in the pan bodyguards that became celebrities.

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Reply #3 posted 05/09/14 5:56pm

nursev
big chick was cool...too bad he sold Prince out sad
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Reply #4 posted 05/10/14 12:30am

luv2tha99s

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treehouse said:

There have been other flash in the pan bodyguards that became celebrities.

Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis, Mr. T, are there any more I wonder?

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Reply #5 posted 05/10/14 12:32am

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nursev said:

big chick was cool...too bad he sold Prince out sad

What exactly did he do?

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Reply #6 posted 05/10/14 2:14am

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The song "Old Friends 4 Sale" was written in 1985 and was featured in Prince's movie "Under The Cherry Moon" but not included on the soundtrack "Parade". The original song contained lyrics with veiled references about the firing of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis of The Time and "Big" Chick Huntsberry, his former bodyguard, who supposedly sold a fictious story about Prince to a tabloid to support his cocaine habit. The song was re-recorded in 1991 with less personal lyrics, and released in 1996.
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Reply #7 posted 05/10/14 5:17am

lwr001

luv2tha99s said:

treehouse said:

There have been other flash in the pan bodyguards that became celebrities.

Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis, Mr. T, are there any more I wonder?

Didnt know Vin dDiesle and Briuce when they were body guards, MY point is he was famous foruard not because he went to Ho;lywood afterwards

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Reply #8 posted 05/10/14 10:00am

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lwr001 said:



luv2tha99s said:




treehouse said:


There have been other flash in the pan bodyguards that became celebrities.




Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis, Mr. T, are there any more I wonder?



Didnt know Vin dDiesle and Briuce when they were body guards, MY point is he was famous foruard not because he went to Ho;lywood afterwards




Would you really call Big Chick famous though?
"does my cock look fat in these jeans?"
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Reply #9 posted 05/10/14 11:40am

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errant said:


Would you really call Big Chick famous though?

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He was almost as recognizable as Prince at one point, simply because he was Prince's right hand. He was a pop culture thing. A lot of non-Prince fans ate it up. The idea that Prince would ride in on his bodyguard's shoulders in public is still iconic. At that time, wrestling was becoming pretty mainstream with Captain Lou Albano, and Hulk Hogan getting media attention. Pretty sure Chick came out of the same wrestling circuit as Hogan.

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Roseanne Barr married her bodyguard. It was a big story.

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Chuck Zito comes to mind.

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