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Crystal Lee Sutton (née Pulley; December 31, 1940 – September 11, 2009) was an American union organizer and advocate who gained fame in 1979 when the film Norma Rae was released, based on events related to her being fired from her job at the J.P. Stevens plant in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on May 30, 1973, for "insubordination" after she copied an anti-union letter posted on the ...
Lee Darren Boxell (born 16 February 1973) [1] was a British schoolboy who disappeared from the London Borough of Sutton in England on 10 September 1988, aged 15. He was last seen in Sutton High Street before saying he might go to watch a football match at Selhurst Park in Croydon.
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton [4] [5] – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times [6] – and stars Sally Field in the title role.
Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (October 5, 1946 – March 16, 2009) was an American Appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger.Born in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, [1] [2] he grew up, lived and died in the rural areas around Maggie Valley and nearby Cocke County, Tennessee.
Sutton, 58, has been on death row since 1996. His co-defendant, ... She also made a public offer to show that evidence to Gov. Bill Lee, who has the power to grant clemency to Sutton.
Crystal Lee Sutton, 68, American union organizer, inspiration for Norma Rae, brain cancer. [130] Felicia Tang, 31, Singaporean-born American actress and model, suffocated. [131] Yoshito Usui, 51, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan), mountaineering accident. [132]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Richard Lewis' cause of death has officially been revealed just hours after sources confirmed he had died.In a statement to ET, the actor and comedian's publicist confirmed that Lewis died Tuesday ...