The lives of the rich and famous hold a strange fascination for those of us who do not find ourselves in that category. From a very surface view it is easy to envy their glamorous and opulent lifestyles. How we’d like to be like them. We could really enjoy having their money, or their influence, or the adulation of the people who crowd around them. How nice it would be to have the athletic prowess of Michael Jordan, or the good looks and acting talent of a Tom Cruise or Geena Davis, the voice of Luciano Pavarotti or Natalie Cole. Is there any one of us who would not like to be cast in the limelight of fame and fortune, at least for a while? And living in a posh house with the choice of a luxury car or so and a sports car wouldn’t be bad either, or meeting other famous people, or taking vac…