Book excerpt: This is the story of my unique life, and the experiences I have shared with my wife, Arlene. We are two people from Brooklyn who married, moved to Manhattan, and lived a lifestyle that brought us into intimate contact with many of the most famous people in the world. I started out as a dentist in Brooklyn and Arlene as a housewife, raising two children. This book describes my experiences over the last 50 years, as I interacted with the most well-known and fascinating personalities in the world. Some of the people involved in the chapters ahead include, in no significant order, Sammy Davis Jr., Liza Minnelli, Gina Lollobrigida, Paul Simon, Jackie Mason, Farrah Fawcett, Frank Sinatra, Cher, Robert DeNiro, Truman Capote, Presidents Clinton, Nixon, Trump, and Reagan, The Real Housewives of NYC, Steve Rubell, Halston, Don Rickles, Lindsay Wagner, Neil Sedaka, Tony Danza, Michael Feinstein, Jack Haley Jr., Henry Mancini, Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse, Rocky Graziano, Christopher Reeve, Julie Budd, Lorna Luft, Anthony Quinn, Michael Jackson, Hal David, Joe Pesci, Kate Jackson, Barry Manilow, Leslie Bricusse, Andy Warhol, Madonna, Bette Midler, Jimmy Webb, Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Tyson, Chita Rivera, Robert Goulet, Marvin Hamlisch, Bill Wyman, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Obba Babatunde, Joan Collins, Charlie Sheen, Rod Gilbert, Alan Cumming, Burt Reynolds, Charles Aznavour, Storm Large, Bill Cosby, Ben Vereen, Howard Stern, Eddie Murphy, Mother Teresa, Martin Scorcese, Federico Fellini and many more.