Barry Bremen
Barry Bremen | |
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| Born | Barry Bremen June 30, 1947 |
| Died | June 30, 2011 (aged 64) Phoenix, Arizona, US |
| Occupation | Insurance salesman/marketing executive/novelty goods salesman |
| Years active | 1979–1986 |
| Known for | Prolific sports impersonations |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Title | The Great Imposter |
| Spouse | Margo |
| Children | at least 40 |
Barry Bremen (June 30, 1947 – June 30, 2011) was a West Bloomfield, Michigan, insurance and novelty goods salesman and marketing executive known in the sports world as The Great Imposter. From 1979 to 1986, the 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m), "lean" Bremen posed as a Major League Baseball umpire in the World Series, a player in a Major League Baseball All-Star Game, a player in a National Basketball Association All-Star Game, a referee in the National Football League, a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and a professional golfer. He also posed as an Emmy Award accepter.
Bremen was a self-proclaimed jock who regularly played touch football, basketball, and softball. His wife Margo, in a 1980 People magazine profile of the imposter, said Bremen was "fulfilling a grand fantasy to be in the limelight. He feels if you have no guts you have no glory in your life." His advice to other impostors: "Don't do it. It's against the law. Stay away. This is my act."
He is known to be the biological donor father of at least 40 children.