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Gerard Thomas Ouimette (March 6, 1940 – April 19, 2015), commonly known as The Frenchman, was an American mobster and author from Providence, Rhode Island who was a prominent associate of the Patriarca crime family.
Tanya Donelly, musician; vocalist for Rhode Island–based bands Belly and Throwing Muses; guitarist for the band The Breeders; Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist; Van Johnson, actor, known best for "all-American" roles in MGM films during World War II; Lawson Little, 1940 U.S. Open golf champion; Lillian Richter, lithographer
In 1953 O'Keefe bought the business from his father and in 1957 O'Keefe bought his major competitor's business, creating Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes. He also founded a life insurance company, Gulf National Life in 1958. In 1995 O'Keefe, represented by Willie E. Gary, won a jury trial concerning a contractual dispute involving his family ...
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Jabez Bowen, federalist supporter, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court [25] John Brown, co-founder of Brown University, U.S. Representative [26] John Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy, and United States Senator [27] Zechariah Chafee, lawyer, academic and civil libertarian [28]
William Cole Cozzens – Mayor of Newport and Governor of Rhode Island, 1863; Henry Y. Cranston – United States Representative from Rhode Island and commander of the Artillery Company of Newport; Robert B. Cranston – United States Representative from Rhode Island; George T. Downing (1819–1903) – abolitionist, entrepreneur, restaurateur [6]
Police in Rhode Island removed four bodies from a West Greenwich home where there’d been a heavy law enforcement presence throughout the day on Friday. Police arrived at the home on Cheyenne ...
John Lester Hubbard Chafee (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ f iː / CHAY-fee; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps.A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator.