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Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) [1] was an American woman who, after thirteen years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed in which her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes was sleeping, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan. Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire.
The following year, her role as battered wife Francine Hughes in the fact-based television movie The Burning Bed (1984) earned her the first of her four Emmy Award nominations. [37] The project was the first television movie to provide a nationwide 800 number that offered help for others in the situation, in this case victims of domestic abuse ...
The Burning Bed is a 1984 television drama film starring Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, and Richard Masur.Based on the 1980 non-fiction novel of the same name by Faith McNulty, it follows battered housewife Francine Hughes and her trial for the murder of her abusive husband, James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes.
Her beloved children’s book Dogger won her the Kate Greenaway Medal. Tributes paid to ‘much-loved’ children’s author and illustrator Shirley Hughes Skip to main content
Now, the three-part Peacock docuseries Making Manson, which premiered on Nov. 19, features never-before-aired conversations about the late cult leader's personal life.
Toni and Polci welcomed children Olivia and Dario ahead of their eventual divorce. Olivia is a Broadway actress, who once played Mandel in a 2019 production of Jersey Boys. Francine Valli
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The following people are children of U.S. vice presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate children. Currently there are 44 confirmed, known living vice presidential children, the oldest Steven Clark Rockefeller, the youngest Mirabel Vance. Two vice presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, have become president.