No, Bob Boozer is not an ancestral descendant of Carlos Boozer despite both playing in the NBA decades apart. Matter of fact, Bob Boozer is one of those NBA legends that rarely gets the praise or recognition that he fully deserves. The wildly athletic 6'8 power forward was picked first overall in 1959 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals and played alongside other NBA Legends such as Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Jerry Lucus, Elgin Baylor, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar throughout his twelve-year NBA career.
Surprisingly, Boozer's only NBA Championship came in 1971 when he was a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. With career averages of 14.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, Bob Boozer was one of the NBA's best wingmen during the league's early stages. Unfortunately, Bob Boozer passed away in May 2012 from a brain aneurysm at the age of 75. In his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska his legacy lives on in the form of his very own street, Bob Boozer Drive. Rest well.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.