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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 ...
Though it numbers its issues from August 1911 and celebrated 2011 as its 100th anniversary, The News Sun—known as the Kendallville News-Sun before July 1984 [1] —can trace its history back to the mid-19th century, through the Daily News and Daily Sun newspapers that merged in 1911 and the succession of weekly newspapers that preceded them.
Ziegel was born in Peoria, Illinois, and was the elder of two sons of Jeffrey and Rebecca Ziegel.His father worked in construction and his mother was a waitress. After school, Ziegel joined the U.S. Marine Corps.
William Ray Irick (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ k / EYE-rik, August 26, 1958 – August 9, 2018) was an American convicted murderer from Tennessee who was sentenced to death and executed for the 1985 rape and murder of 7-year-old Paula Dyer in Knoxville.
Jean 'Skip' Ziegler in front of the Bell X-5 test article at Edwards Air Force Base. Ziegler after the first glide flight of the X-2. Jean "Skip" Ziegler (January 1, 1920 – May 12, 1953) was a United States test pilot. He was killed in an explosion of the Bell X-2 during a test flight in 1953.
Dyer (/ ˈ d aɪ ər / DY-ər) is a town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 16,517 at the 2020 census. The population was 16,517 at the 2020 census. It is a southeastern suburb of Chicago .
Meyer's Castle or the Joseph Ernest Meyer House is a former private residence in the town of Dyer, Indiana in the United States. The castle was constructed from 1927 to 1931 in the Jacobethan style by architect Cosbey Bernard, Sr. The house was built for Joseph Ernest Meyer as his private residence, a herbologist and one of Hammond's first ...
Barry George Albin-Dyer OBE (2 February 1951 – 6 June 2015) was an undertaker whose firm F.A. Albin and Sons were known for their work repatriating the bodies of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.