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The following is a list of 74 individuals whose deaths have been related to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana: 42 drivers, 1 motorcyclist, 13 riding mechanics, and 18 others including a pit crew member, track personnel, and spectators have sustained fatal injuries or have had fatal medical conditions.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man who was found dead Sunday morning on the city's near east side. Officers were called at about 8 a.m. to the 100 block of North Oxford ...
Eric D. Newsom was born in Oklahoma and raised in Modesto, California. He graduated from Modesto High School in 1961. After high school, he attended the University of California, Berkeley, receiving a B.A. in History in 1965, and an M.A. in Modern European History in 1967. Newsom joined the United States Foreign Service in October 1967.
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
Indianapolis Metropolitan police responded to a report of shots fired just after 10 p.m. Monday near East 12th Street and Colorado Avenue.Officers found JaDen Thrasher with multiple gunshot wounds ...
A task force of 8 officers was created by Indianapolis Police in 1982 to investigate the crimes. Following the discovery of Riley's body in June 1983, four more men were included in the list of potential victims: 25-year-old Gary Davis, 27-year-old Dennis Brotzge, 21-year-old John Roach and 22-year-old Daniel McNeive.
The Republican governor's successor could adopt a more hostile posture toward Indianapolis, columnist James Briggs writes. Briggs: Indianapolis will miss Gov. Eric Holcomb when he's gone Skip to ...