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Eleven days after being drafted, Burlsworth was killed in a car accident near Alpena, Arkansas, on April 28, 1999, on his way back to his hometown of Harrison after a workout in Fayetteville. [11] [12] Burlsworth's vehicle clipped an oncoming 18-wheeler, swerved back into his lane, and then hit another tractor trailer head on. The stretch ...
James A. Michener's Texas (also called Texas) is a 1994 ABC television miniseries directed by Richard Lang. It was adapted from the 1985 historical fiction novel Texas by James A. Michener , but includes only the section of the book related to Texas Independence and the Battle of San Jacinto .
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
James Albert Michener (/ ˈ m ɪ tʃ ə n ər / or / ˈ m ɪ tʃ n ər /; [2] February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations, set in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history.
Greater is a 2016 American biographical sports film directed by David Hunt and starring Christopher Severio as American football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college player who became an All-American, dying in a car crash 11 days after being drafted high in the 3rd round to the National Football League.
A car crash on Highway 67 southwest of Dallas left six dead and three injured, the Dallas Morning News reported. Another tragic Texas head-on crash: Highway 67 wreck kills 6. What we know
It was the second-deadliest plane crash in Texas history but today is largely forgotten A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON ...
March 20 – Belgium – Strépy-Bracquegnies car crash. A motorist drove through a crowd celebrating Carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, La Louvière, killing six people and injuring around 40, ten seriously. March 22 – United States – Six teenagers were killed in Tishomingo, Oklahoma when a car was struck by a semi-truck. [345] [346]