Met Dan Ackroyd last night. He’s been around Jackson quite a bit lately — so meeting him is getting easier by the day. I spoke to him for a couple of minutes as the Medgar Evers Scholarship Banquet ended. Let me tell you this about him.
1. He’s very kind and polite. There was no “I’m a star” going on there. He was gracious to everyone who approached him — including me.
2. He absolutely loves Mississippi. He told me, “I want to make sure more people know about this place.” I think he sees the same thing in this place that has kept me enamored for the past 20 years.
3. His family donated money to the scholarship fund. The five recipients received an extra $1,000 towards their education thanks to him. That’s a pretty meaningful way to change lives for the good.
You see famous people on TV and the movies and you imagine what they are like in real life. And you hear horror stories about how people are jackasses when they are approached. I’m thankful one of my favorite actors turned out to be a good guy.