Thursday, February 5, 2009

Six degrees of Bernie Madoff


Today, the US Bankruptcy Court in Manahattan released a 162 page list of Bernie Madoff's clients.


The list included actor Kevin Bacon. This will make the old 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon game so much easier to play, since you will be able to go through the Madoff Client list and get to just about anyone.


Other notables on the list include John Malkovich, Larry King, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Steven Spielberg, Madoff's attorney Ira Sorkin and hall of fame pitcher Sandy Koufax.
It was sad to see Koufax's name on the list. I have no idea how much money he invested or how much he has left. Sports heros often lose most of their money. I hope that didn't happen to this iconic figure.
So let's play the game. Kevin Bacon to Adolf Hitler. Sound impossible? It isn't.
Kevin Bacon invested with Madoff. So did Koufax who was a team mate of Jackie Robinson, the younger brother of Mack Robinson. Mack Robinson finished second in the 1936 Berlin Olympic 200 meter dash finals to Jesse Owens who famously refused to dip the US flag to Adolf Hitler.