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A novelty disco single called "Dancin' Johnson," based around Johnson's schtick, was released in 1978. [6] First appearing in 1977, a character called Zallman T. Tombstone, Jr. has popped up many times over the years on the Svengoolie television show.
Farish was an only child. His father, Army Lt. William Stamps Farish Jr., died in a training flight near Waxahachie, Texas, when he was 4 years old.His grandfather is William Stamps Farish II, the founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company, which struck oil in the Houston suburb Humble, part of what was later to become the Exxon behemoth.
Related: Republican Bill Johnson to step down as congressman Jan. 21, begin Youngstown State job. The special primary will take place on the same day as the regular primary on March 19. The party ...
PATERSON — Bill Pascrell Jr. did more than just represent Paterson in Congress. In many ways, he personified the city where he spent his 87 years. ... Sumter called Pascrell “a true son of ...
The late Bill Paxton was a new dad when he set out for Oklahoma to chase tornadoes for the natural disaster thriller “Twister” in 1995. His son, James, was just over a year old and Bill’s ...
James Houston Johnson Jr. [1] (16 December 1937 – 18 August 2023) was a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He had over 33 years of active military service, culminating as Commanding General of the First United States Army , responsible for 325,000 soldiers, from 1991 to 1993.
Johnson was born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of James Johnson, a biracial headwaiter and Helen Louise Dillet, a native of Nassau in the Bahamas.His maternal great-grandmother, Hester Argo, had escaped from Saint-Domingue (today Haiti) during the revolutionary upheaval in 1802, along with her three young children, including James' grandfather Stephen Dillet (1797–1880).
The grandson of Italian immigrants, William James Pascrell Jr. was born on Jan. 25, 1937, in Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city where he would later be elected mayor.