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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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He was on the set of Inside the NBA, where he’s been an analyst since 2011, the year he retired from his playing career. When he eats at restaurants, he leaves famously humongous tips. He thanked his mother, who raised him on a secretary’s salary when his biological father left them. He calls her “the great Lucille O’Neal.”

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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I had intended to ask him about how he started Bonton Farms , an urban farm he founded in a South Dallas food desert more than a decade ago after abandoning a cozy corporate job and six-figure salary. Babcock visited Bonton for the first time in 2011. The food they produce is sold to both Bonton residents and local Dallas restaurants.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

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” Low-Kramen left that role in 2011 to create her own company , which specializes in training would-be celebrity personal assistants, as well as write books and give speeches on what VIP life was like IRL. She also was often tasked with booking restaurant reservations, a duty much more nuanced than it sounds.

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