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Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Academy Awards. [1]
[citation needed] The main tombstone features the symbol of the Square and Compass, suggesting that Charlie had been a Freemason. But this is not the case. He was actually a member of The Junior Order of United American Mechanics which use a similar symbol. [9] Arthur Lawson was killed in a 1945 motor accident (age 35), leaving a wife and four ...
Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. (January 22, 1962 – January 7, 2016) [1] was an American serial killer and convicted rapist who was executed in Florida for murder. In 1986, Bolin kidnapped and murdered three young women in Tampa, Florida. He was later connected to a fourth murder in Texas in 1987. The murders went unsolved for nearly four years, until ...
Fred Evens, Jr. and Thomas Kleppner Lambda Chi Alpha: University of Miami: Hit by a vehicle Pledges Evens and Kleppner were taken 30 miles away from campus and told to find their way back. They fell asleep on the roadway and were struck by a vehicle. Kleppner was killed instantly, while Evens died from his injuries several days later on May 30 ...
Sean Flynn, the son of actor Errol Flynn and Lili Damita, and his colleague Dana Stone, disappeared on 6 April 1970 while working as freelance photojournalists for Time. Neither man's remains were ever found and they are generally assumed to have been killed by Khmer Rouge guerrillas. After a decade-long search financed by his mother, Flynn was ...
Melvin Johnson, Jr. (1 August 1909 – 9 January 1965), American designer of firearms, lawyer, and U.S. Marine Corps officer. Mason, 32° AASR, National Sojourner, member of Heroes of '76 and DeMolay Legion of Honor. [1] Nels Johnson (30 April 1896 – 2 December 1958), Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1 April 1954 to 2 December ...
Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler.It is Coogler's feature directorial debut, and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale district BART station in Oakland, California.
Oscar Franklin Smith (born March 25, 1950 [1]) is an American man convicted of capital murder in Tennessee and sentenced to death. [1] Smith was scheduled to be executed on April 21, 2022, however, his execution was temporarily reprieved by Governor Bill Lee due to an oversight in the preparation for lethal injection .