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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.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Marie Ragghianti's case became the subject of a book, Marie which was written by Peter Maas and published in 1983. The film rights were purchased by director Roger Donaldson, who, after traveling to Nashville to speak with the people involved with the original case, asked Thompson if he wanted to play himself.
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
Tom DeLonge and Marie DeLonge got married in a private ceremony in May 2021. ... He occasionally posts photos of his wife on Instagram, but doesn’t share much about their family life or marriage ...
Julienne Marie (née Julianne Marie Hendricks; born March 21, 1937) [2] is an American former actress and singer, best known for her work on the Broadway stage. In addition to her career in theater, Marie appeared in soap operas such as Our Private World (1965) and Ryan's Hope (1978).