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The Tri-State Crematory scandal was a scandal at a crematorium in the Noble community in northwest Georgia that came to national attention in 2002. It was discovered that nearly three hundred and forty bodies that had been consigned to the crematory for proper disposition had not been cremated , but instead dumped at several locations in and ...
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 ...
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
American obituary for WWI death Traditional street obituary notes in Bulgaria. An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2]
Fritz Hollings Seymour Cassel Cho Yang-ho Richard E. Cole Georgia Engel Paul Greengard Gene Wolfe Owen Garriott Fay McKenzie Ken Kercheval John Havlicek Richard Lugar John Singleton Peter Mayhew. April 1 Dixie Allen, politician (b. 1934) [516] Bucky McConnell, basketball player (b. 1928) [517] Vonda N. McIntyre, science fiction author (b. 1948 ...
Harold Lamont Otey was born on August 1, 1951, in Long Branch, New Jersey. [7] He was born into a large family and had six brothers and six sisters. At the age of 4, Otey left home and went to live with his aunt and uncle in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
In 2005, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate. The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County.
Jon Zazula, 69, record label executive and founder of Megaforce Records (b. 1952) [205] February 2 Robert Blalack, 73, Panamanian-born visual effects artist (Star Wars, RoboCop, The Day After), Oscar winner (b. 1948) [206] Frank Bradford, 80, politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1997–1999) (b. 1941) [207]