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Throwback: When Legendary Actor Richard Harris Forgot His Rolls-Royce for a Quarter Century!

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"Outta Sight, Outta Mind" Takes on a Whole New Meaning.


Remember that time you couldn't find your car keys, or better yet, couldn't remember where you parked your 2007 Honda Civic at the mall? Well, you're in good company—or at least in dramatically more famous and amusing company. Let's wind the clock back a few decades to revisit the mind-boggling tale of the late Richard Harris and his very, very long-term parking decision.

Sir Forgettable and His Legendary Oversight

Richard Harris, the iconic actor you might recognize from classics like "The Heroes of Telemark," once received a Rolls-Royce as part of his payment for said film. Swanky, right? Hold on to your monocles. Harris parked his ritzy ride in a New York garage and then, apparently due to an alcohol-fueled haze that spanned the better part of the '70s, utterly forgot it existed. Seriously. Not even a "Hey, didn't I used to have a Rolls-Royce?" moment.