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Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil. Early life [ edit ]
The Summer Sixteen Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Future. [2] It began on July 20, 2016 in Austin, Texas, and concluded with its final show in Toronto, Ontario, on October 8, 2016.
Name Age Date Location Cause of death Long John Hunter: 84: January 4, 2016: Phoenix, Arizona [1]Robert Stigwood Manager for The Bee Gees, Cream: 81: January 4, 2016: London, England [2] [3]
The latter dates of the tour were postponed due to Drake suffering an ankle injury. [146] According to Pollstar, the Summer Sixteen Tour was the highest grossing hip-hop tour of all time, having earnt $84.3 million across 56 dates. [147] On July 23, Drake announced that he was working on a new project, scheduled to be released in early 2017. [148]
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2016. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co.'s agent, Edwin Drake, is sometimes credited with the "discovery" of oil, although the success of Drake's efforts is due in part to Bissell's business acumen. [29] [11] Bissell and his enterprises are also featured in the Pulitzer award book The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power.
The site features a reconstruction of the oil well drilled by Colonel Edwin Drake and working oil field equipment. The museum includes indoor and outdoor exhibits and houses a library of over 2,500 titles, over 1,000 cubic feet (28 m 3) of manuscript material and a photographic collection with over 10,800 images.
Larry Richard Drake (February 21, 1949 – March 17, 2016) [1] was an American actor. He was best known as Benny Stulwicz in L.A. Law , for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards . He also appeared as Robert G. Durant in both Darkman and Darkman II: The Return of Durant , a homicidal mental patient who escapes an insane asylum in the slasher ...