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Richard Milton McKenna (May 9, 1913 – November 1, 1964) was an American sailor and novelist. He was best known for his historical novel The Sand Pebbles , which tells the story of an American sailor serving aboard a gunboat on the Chinese Yangtze River in 1925.
The original line-up of the group consisted of vocalist John Dizek (September 25, 1948 – June 27, 2017), [2] guitarist Richard McKenna, drummer Jon Small, and organist Harry Weber. In 1966 Weber was fired from the band due to excessive drug use (found dead a few years later on a railroad track) and was replaced by Howie Arthur Blauvelt and ...
The film stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, and Candice Bergen, and features Marayat Andriane, Mako, and Larry Gates in supporting roles. Robert Anderson adapted the screenplay from the 1962 novel of the same name by Richard McKenna. The Sand Pebbles was a critical and commercial success during its general release.
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Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pneumonia [38] Frankie Smith The Monotones: 62: November 26, 2000: Lung cancer Scott Smith Loverboy: 45: November 30, 2000: San Francisco, California, U.S. Boating accident [39] Hoyt Curtin Primary music director for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio from 1957 to 1986: 78: December 3, 2000: Thousand Oaks ...
A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The ...
The Sand Pebbles is a 1962 novel by American author Richard McKenna about a Yangtze River gunboat and its crew in 1926. It was the winner of the 1963 Harper Prize for fiction. The book was initially serialized in The Saturday Evening Post , and was published in January 1963 by Harper & Row .
George J. McKenna III (born September 6, 1940) is an American former politician and educator who served as a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 1 from 2014 until 2024. Prior to his board tenure, McKenna served as the principal of George Washington Preparatory High School. During his tenure, he led ...