Barbra Streisand was born into a modest family in Brooklyn, and almost from the get-go saw show business as a way to escape her background. At Erasmus Hall High School, she sang in the school choir with Neil Diamond and also made friends with the future chess champion Bobby Fischer.
Source: The Independent
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
…and also made friends with the future chess champion Bobby Fischer.
So lunacy is catching?
I heard they weren’t really friends… is that not the case?
From 2004 Interview of Bobby Fischer at:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1871
(link)
Interviewer: Bobby, is it true that when you were in high school one of your classmates was Barbara Streisand?
Fischer: I’ve heard this. I remember some mousy looking girl. Maybe that was her, I don’t know.
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Any More.