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01-21-2005, 07:42 PM
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Posted on Fri, Jan. 21, 2005
Bill Murray Entertains During Va. Pit Stop
Associated Press
ROANOKE, Va. - Bill Murray posed with a bawling baby, yucked it up with a gravedigger and sipped bourbon with locals after the actor stopped to repair his Mercedes-Benz.
Murray declined, however, to reveal the contents of his mysterious whisper to Scarlett Johansson at the end of the movie "Lost in Translation." Besides, he said, the speculation over what he said was likely more interesting.
Murray found himself in this southwestern Virginia city on Wednesday after he tossed an apple core out the window of his black 2000 Mercedes and ran into a curb, witnesses told The Roanoke Times.
Murray drove to the Roanoke Mercedes-Benz and Volvo dealership to have his alignment fixed and for other repairs.
He waited 20 minutes before he walked up to startled manager Jeff Webb.
"Bill Murray," Webb said, trying not to appear star-struck. "What in the world are you doing here?"
Technician Jay Jones fixed Murray's Mercedes and took up his offer of a drink. His wife didn't buy that.
"Yeah right," she said. "Just be home for dinner."
Gravedigger Caleb Rossi asked Murray to sign a bootleg copy of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" that he'd bought for $4 during a trip to New York.
"If you do this, this is in it for you," said Rossi, 25, displaying a 2000-01 Botetourt Chamber of Commerce plaque he'd snagged from the trash. Rossi got his autograph.
No one seems to know for sure where Murray was headed. He told the locals he finds driving to be a stress reliever and that he prefers to travel at night and sleep during the day.
Posted on Fri, Jan. 21, 2005
Bill Murray Entertains During Va. Pit Stop
Associated Press
ROANOKE, Va. - Bill Murray posed with a bawling baby, yucked it up with a gravedigger and sipped bourbon with locals after the actor stopped to repair his Mercedes-Benz.
Murray declined, however, to reveal the contents of his mysterious whisper to Scarlett Johansson at the end of the movie "Lost in Translation." Besides, he said, the speculation over what he said was likely more interesting.
Murray found himself in this southwestern Virginia city on Wednesday after he tossed an apple core out the window of his black 2000 Mercedes and ran into a curb, witnesses told The Roanoke Times.
Murray drove to the Roanoke Mercedes-Benz and Volvo dealership to have his alignment fixed and for other repairs.
He waited 20 minutes before he walked up to startled manager Jeff Webb.
"Bill Murray," Webb said, trying not to appear star-struck. "What in the world are you doing here?"
Technician Jay Jones fixed Murray's Mercedes and took up his offer of a drink. His wife didn't buy that.
"Yeah right," she said. "Just be home for dinner."
Gravedigger Caleb Rossi asked Murray to sign a bootleg copy of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" that he'd bought for $4 during a trip to New York.
"If you do this, this is in it for you," said Rossi, 25, displaying a 2000-01 Botetourt Chamber of Commerce plaque he'd snagged from the trash. Rossi got his autograph.
No one seems to know for sure where Murray was headed. He told the locals he finds driving to be a stress reliever and that he prefers to travel at night and sleep during the day.