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In comedies, Blessed portrayed Prince Vultan in the film Flash Gordon (1980); [17] the mad, comical figure of Richard IV in the first series of The Black Adder (1983), a role Blessed has claimed to be one of his most cherished [citation needed]; and Spiro Halikiopoulos in the TV mini-series My Family and Other Animals (1987), a BBC adaptation ...
Don Henry and Kevin Ives, two Arkansas teenagers, were killed and their bodies placed on railroad tracks on August 23, 1987.At the time, the boys' deaths were controversially ruled accidental, but after Kevin Ives' body was exhumed and a second autopsy performed, the original examiner's ruling was overruled and the cause of death for Kevin Ives and Don Henry was changed from accidental to ...
The group originated from the Kourakos clan, a Greek criminal organization led by Maniot Greek Peter Kourakos.. In the 1980s, under the leadership of Spyredon "Spiro" Velentzas (also known as Spyridon), the organization rose to prominence controlling a number of illegal gambling operations in the New York City area.
The Philharmonic Society of Corfu (Greek: Φιλαρμονική Εταιρεία Κερκύρας, Philharmonice Ɛtaerɛia Cɛrcyras, pronounced [filarmoɲiˈci eteˈri.a cerˈciras]), or Old Philharmonic (Παλαιά Φιλαρμονική) -to be distinguished from the other 17 bands on the island-, is a widely known community music band in Corfu, Greece.
Spiro(s) may refer to: Spiro, Oklahoma, a town in the U.S. Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site; Spiro (band), a British music group; Spiro (name), including a list of people with the name; Špiro, South Slavic masculine given name; ARA Spiro, two ships of the Argentine Navy; SS Spiro, an oil tanker; Euler spiral, or spiro, a curve
It starred Hannah Gordon as Louisa Durrell and Brian Blessed as Spiro Amerikanos, with Darren Redmayne playing the young Gerry. Nigel Marven of the Natural History Unit, Bristol was responsible for the animals side of the production; Denis McKeown, then PhD student in Psychology University of Sussex, did the training of the famous pigeon ...
On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew (a Republican) was forced to resign following a controversy over his personal taxes.Under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress.
Baladine Klossowska or Kłossowska (21 October 1886 – 11 September 1969) was a German painter. Originating from an artistic Jewish family with roots in Lithuania, she moved from Breslau, Germany, to Paris, France, at the turn of the 20th century, where she was a vivid and active participant in the explosion of artistic experiment then active in the city.