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Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. (July 26, [1] 1921 – October 16, 1999) [2] was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor.With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted on the basis of his own semi-autobiographical stories.
Shepherd presented the Marine Corps War Memorial to the American people at the dedication of the memorial on November 10, 1954, the 179th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He was the first commandant to become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and upon his retirement on January 1, 1956, he was awarded a third ...
"The Lonely Shepherd" has repeatedly been used as a soundtrack. In 1979, it was used as the title theme for the six-part television series Golden Soak ( Das Gold der Wüste ). [ 2 ] In 1983 it was used as the love theme of a Venezuelan series called Chao, Cristina produced by the Venezuelan TV network RCTV and again in 1984 in the Oscar ...
Her parents pawned their home's furniture to buy the instrument. [13] She began playing alongside the Melody Ranch Girls every weekend during her high school years. [13] [14] Shepard recalled being so tired after gigs that her teachers would let her sleep during school hours. [15] Shepard then graduated from high school at age 17. [10]
Judy Shepard (née Peck; born August 15, 1952) is the mother of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at University of Wyoming who was murdered in October 1998. She and her husband, Dennis Shepard, are co-founders of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and advocate for LGBT rights.
Harry Sheppard (April 1, 1928 – December 27, 2022) was an American jazz vibraphonist who recorded and played with Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Red Allen, Cozy Cole, Sol Yaged, Georgie Auld, Clark Terry, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Lana Cantrell, [1] Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, [2] Barbra Streisand, Doc Severinsen, and Coleman Hawkins. [3]
The Shepherd family acquired the house in 1900, when Henry Shepherd III bought the house as a wedding present for his bride Minnie Reinhart, whose grandfather was Thomas Van Swearingen. That year, the Shepherds gave a dinner party on the lawn for William Jennings Bryan during his second presidential campaign. The house remains in the hands of ...