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Marie Fajardo Ragghianti (born June 13, 1942) [1] is an American parole board administrator, famous as the whistleblower who exposed Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton's "clemency for cash" scandal in 1977-79. Ragghianti grew up in Florida, where she was regarded as a beauty queen. [2] She married a boxer, but her husband became an alcoholic.
Marie (also known as Marie: A True Story) is a 1985 American biographical film starring Sissy Spacek as Marie Ragghianti, former head of the Tennessee Board of Pardons and Paroles, who was removed from office in 1977 after refusing to release prisoners on whose behalf bribes had been paid to aides to Governor Ray Blanton. Ragghianti, a single ...
Leonard Ray Blanton (April 10, 1930 – November 22, 1996) [1] [2] was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1967 to 1973.
The Four Seasons frontman first became a father figure in 1957 when he married ex-wife Mary Mandel, who shared daughter Celia with a former partner. Valli and Frankie Valli's Family Guide: Meet ...
Kris Kristofferson raised eight kids — Tracy, Kris Jr., Casey, Jesse, Jody, Johnny, Kelly Marie and Blake ... Jesse was born on Oct. 7, 1983, and is the first child Kris welcomed with wife Lisa ...
Ragghianti is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (1910–1987), Italian art critic, historian, philosopher of art and politician; Marie Ragghianti (born 1942), American parole board administrator; Matt Ragghianti, American television writer
Elvis Presley, as many people (most people?) know, had only one child: Lisa Marie Presley. Born Feb. 1, 1968; died Jan. 12, 2023. But how many children did Lisa Marie have?
Marie, a 2008 EP by the Romance of Young Tigers "Marie" (Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys song), 1969 "Marie" (Johnny Hallyday song), 2002 "Marie" (Sleepy Hallow song), 2022 "Marie", a 1929 song written by Irving Berlin that was a hit for Tommy Dorsey, Rudy Vallée, Nat Shilkret, Franklyn Bauer, The Four Tunes, and The Bachelors