It’s no secret that even your favorite stars get starstruck, and Jon Lindstrom (Kevin Collins, General Hospital) is no different. A few years previous, he had a most gratifying encounter with the late, great Louis Gossett Jr. that’s stuck with him all this time.

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“I usually don’t do this, preferring to remember someone in my own way, but this man touched me in such an unexpected fashion that I think it’s okay to share it,” began Lindstrom’s Instagram post.

“Several years back I lived in Malibu. There’s a health food store there that we locals would call ‘PC Greens,’ short for Pacific Coast Greens. Everybody went there, and I mean EVERYBODY. I go in late one afternoon to pick up some dinner and I see Louis Gossett Jr. across the room, and he’s looking at ME. It’s a look that says, ‘I know you.’

“Normally I would nod politely, and be too shy to follow up on it, but this was Louis effing Gossett! Plus, something about the guy just seemed so friendly and approachable, and I wanted to express my admiration for the stellar and inspiring work he’d blessed us with. I went on over, stuck out my hand, and said, “Hi, I’m Jon”. He gave me that smile you see in the picture and said, ‘I know’.

Now, I’ve met plenty of people in my business whom I admire greatly, and maybe you had to be there, but when Louis Gossett Jr. said ‘I know’, he was saying, ‘I know who you are because I’ve seen your work … and I approve.’ Now that is a memory I will hold on to. R.I.P. And thank you for the memories.”

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Lindstrom’s anecdote was flooded with comments from fans thanking him for sharing. Donna Welch Borst wrote, “What a wonderful story and what an outstanding endorsement of your work. I can’t even imagine how good that must have made you feel. And what a great man he was to give you that memory that will always be with you,” while Jean Helmer offered, “RIP Louis. Jon, I truly enjoy hearing about two people meeting that have much respect and admiration for each other.”

Lindstrom, of course, has a secondary connection to Gossett Jr. via costar Robert Gossett (Marshall Ashford), the Academy Award winner’s first cousin.

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