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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
John Stansel Taylor (1871–1936) was a Largo, Florida, politician, citrus grower, and businessman who served as the first State Senator from Pinellas County, Florida.He was born "six miles south of Largo" on March 21, 1871, [1] before Largo became a municipality and when Pinellas County was still Western Hillsborough County.
Robert E. Jackson was the mayor of Largo, Florida. He was first elected to Largo City Commission in 1974, [1] Mayor Jackson served nine terms as City Commissioner before being elected as Mayor in 2000 and being re-elected in 2003. He lost narrowly in a bitterly contested race against Largo's first woman mayor, Patricia Gerard.
Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, as well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 82,485, [ 4 ] up from 77,648 in 2010 .
Lt. Col. William Robert Royal (March 16, 1905 – May 8, 1997) [2] was an American scuba diver in the United States Air Force and amateur archeologist. In 1959, Royal and Eugenie Clark found archaeologically, pale-ontologically, and geologically significant artifacts and human bones from at least 30 individuals in Little Salt Spring and Warm Mineral Springs. [3]
This is a list of mayors of Largo, Florida. Largo was incorporated as a town in 1905. Term Mayor Notes 1905: M. Joel McMullen: 1907: Louis S. Johnson: 1909–1911 ...
The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945). Addison "Jack" Randall was killed at Canoga Park, California, while riding a horse past the cameras at full speed on 16 July 1945, for a Universal Pictures serial, when he fell from the saddle while trying to retrieve his hat which had blown off his head, and struck a tree. He died shortly thereafter. [65]
Francis Alfred Oakes III (born June 16, 1968) is an American farmer, agriculture entrepreneur, political influencer and businessman from Southwest Florida.He is the founder and CEO of Oakes Farms, an agribusiness based in Immokalee, Florida, which produces, packages, distributes, and sells fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products.