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You mean you haven't heard of Downers Grove, Illinois? Where have you been?
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Tags: Downers Grove, Illinois, celebrities, wrestling stars, Denise Richards
A quiet suburban town 25 miles due west of Chicago's Loop, Downers Grove has a lot of history and a lot of famous people who got out as soon as they could.
| | Denise Richards used to live on Middaugh Avenue on the north side of the tracks. Her family moved out to Hollywood so she could marry Charlie Sheen, um, I mean become an actress. |
| | Randy "The Macho Man" Savage went to high school in Downers Grove. Oh, yeah! He and his brother would beat up anyone who said wrestling was fake. |
| | Yearly a huge, international bike race is held in the downtown area. |
| | Opera Star Sherrill Milnes lived in town for quite a while even taking part in community theater |
| | Tony & Cammi Granato, hockey players learned how to play in Downers Grove. Tony went on to be in the NHL and Cammi went on to win a GOLD medal in the Olympics. |
| | A very nice library that was selected as one of the top 10 for its size in the US. |
| | The main street area was featured in a nationally distributed defensive driving course. |
| | Named after some totally unexciting pioneer named Pierce Downer. |
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