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The couple's marriage ended in divorce in 1924. On September 3, 1928, he married 19-year-old Norma Des Cygnet Smallwood, the former Miss Tulsa and Miss America 1926. [4] Thomas Gilcrease Sr. and Norma (Smallwood) Gilcrease were the parents of one daughter, Des Cygne Lamour Gilcrease. [2] She was born on June 12, 1929, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thomas ...
In 1964, Robert Lorton became director of the News Publishing Corporation, which oversaw the non-editorial operations of both the Tulsa Tribune and Tulsa World. In 1968, he became president of the Tulsa World and publisher upon Boone's death in 1988. The Tulsa Tribune ceased operations in 1992 and Tulsa World acquired its assets. [5]
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Jim Giles (1939–December 20, 2006) was a longtime television meteorologist with CBS affiliate KOTV, Channel 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A "longtime fixture" on Oklahoma television, after his death the Tulsa World described him as "perhaps the best-known weatherman in this area". [1]
Nex Benedict (January 11, 2008 – February 8, 2024) [1] was a 16-year-old non-binary American high school student who died the day after a physical altercation in the girls' restroom of their [note 1] high school. Investigators later determined Benedict's death was a suicide caused by an overdose of Prozac and Benadryl. [4]
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2008. 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.
Billy James Hargis (August 3, 1925 – November 27, 2004) was an American Christian evangelist.At the height of his popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, his Christian Crusade ministry was broadcast on over 500 radio stations and 250 television stations.
2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Republican 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024: Senate elections; 1907; 1909; 1913; ... This is a list of mayors of Tulsa, a city in the U.S. state ...