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Bill Gates Teen Idol
The Monkey Methods blog has posted pictures of a young Bill Gates supposedly posing for a Teen Beat photospread back in 1983. I'm willing to believe that the photos are real pictures of a young Bill. But I'm not willing to believe that they're from Teen Beat, not unless more evidence is provided, such as a scan of the article itself. Some of the people who have posted comments on the Monkey Methods blog have pointed out problems with the claim that these photos are from 1983. For instance, there's clearly an Apple Computer a Macintosh visible in the first picture. But the Apple Macintosh only began to be sold in 1984. Plus, why in the world would Teen Beat have wanted to do a photospread of Bill Gates?
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Update: These pictures were taken in 1985 by celebrity photographer Deborah Feingold shortly after the release of Windows 1.0. This information comes from Corbis.com, which has these photos in their database. There's no evidence that they ever appeared in Teen Beat.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Jan 17, 2005 | Permalink | Total Comments: 25
Category: Photos/Videos
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cool mad long face downer
Posted by Manchester  on  Tue Apr 19, 2005  at  10:48 PM
Hey . . . look hard at the background in the first pic. There's a Windows box. Proof.
ANYWAYS ENOUGH ABOUT THE CORRECT DATE
I find him a WHOLE lot more attractive now. Sexy, even. raspberry
Posted by Cat  in  USA  on  Fri Jun 17, 2005  at  12:10 AM
Did Bill send those pictures to his future wife.
Posted by don  in  nh  on  Mon Dec 12, 2005  at  06:34 PM
:mrgreen:
sick zipper
Posted by me  in  USA  on  Sat Mar 04, 2006  at  02:21 PM
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