Tuesday, September 27, 1977
Ahmet Ertegun called and invited me to a testimonial dinner for Pelé that evening. I spent the rest of the day calling people to be my date but nobody wanted to go. Dropped off Vincent and Catherine (cab $4). Changed, then took a cab to the Plaza ($2). Met Howard Cosell and his wife and was surprised he was so tall. I liked him, he was fun. My portrait of Pelé was going to be presented. Pelé’s mother and father were there and they were cute, and his wife, who was white, but everybody in South America is all different colors—his parents were different colors, too. After the dinner we went over to P.J. Clarke’s ($2.50). Tucker Frederickson, the football player that I like so much, was there. He’s so adorable I kept telling him he should do more TV, but he said he didn’t want to. Had a bowl of chili.
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