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Freeman Wills Crofts FRSA (1 June 1879 – 11 April 1957) was an Irish engineer and mystery author, remembered best for the character of Inspector Joseph French.. A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning.
William James Crowe Jr. (January 2, 1925 – October 18, 2007) was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and as the ambassador to the United Kingdom and Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board under President Bill Clinton.
He co-hosted the American Music Awards from 1976 to 1978 and headlined the 1979 NBC special Glen Campbell: Back to Basics with guest-stars Seals and Crofts and Brenda Lee. He was a guest on many network talk and variety shows, including Donny & Marie and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where he performed "Rhinestone Cowboy". [39]
The Cheyne Mystery (also known as Inspector French and The Cheyne Mystery) is a 1926 mystery thriller novel by Freeman Wills Crofts. [1] It is the second in his series of novels featuring Inspector French, a prominent figure of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. [2]
The Cask is a 1920 detective novel by the Irish-born writer Freeman Wills Crofts.His debut novel, it is considered his masterpiece. [1] Long after the author's reputation had declined, this book was still hailed by critics as a cornerstone of the genre [2] Crofts had been working as a railway engineer before writing the novel, but its success launched him as one of the leading writers of the ...
Candice Bergen’s husband Marshall Rose died on Saturday, Feb. 15.He was 88. Rose died from complications with Parkinson's disease, according to a Feb. 17 New York Times obituary.The real estate ...
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Crough graduated from Los Angeles Pierce College and until 1993 owned and operated a bookstore.She married William Condray in July 1985; the couple had two daughters. [4]On March 2, 2010, during a reunion interview with several co-stars from The Partridge Family on The Today Show, she stated she was a manager at an OfficeMax in Bullhead City, Arizona.