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Carl Maxie Brashear (19 January 1931 – 25 July 2006) was a United States Navy sailor. He was a Master Diver , rising to the position in 1970, despite having his lower left leg amputated in 1966. The 2000 film Men of Honor was based on his life.
Oscar Brashear (August 18, 1944 – July 7, 2023) was an American jazz trumpeter [1] and session musician from Chicago, Illinois.. After studying at DuSable High School and Wright Jr. College (currently known as Wilbur Wright College) under John DeRoule he worked briefly with Woody Herman before going on to join Count Basie in 1968–69, returning to freelance in Chicago with Sonny Stitt, Gene ...
Funeral services for Carter, who died Dec. 29, essentially started Saturday at his home in Plains, Georgia. A procession to Atlanta followed for a moment of silence at the state Capitol Building ...
Dr. Thomas O’Brien and his wife Ruth Reardon O’Brien, the parents of late night comedian Conan O’Brien, have died three days apart. Thomas was 95 and Ruth was 92. Thomas died on Monday, Dec ...
Oscar Brashear, 78, American jazz trumpeter. [146] Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, 86, British judge and life peer, justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012) and member of the House of Lords (2004–2023). [147] Joseph Chebet, 52, Kenyan long-distance runner. [148] Amando Doronila, 95, Filipino journalist, complications from ...
Madeline and Meredith Gaudreau, Johnny Gaudreau's widow, gave a joint eulogy at their husbands' double funeral on Sept. 9. "I urge everyone to never drink and drive," Madeline said. "Call a ride.
He was raised in the small town of Dawson Springs, where his father owned a furniture store, operated a funeral home, and served as mayor. [2] His father, grandfather, and uncle were Primitive Baptist lay ministers, and in his childhood years, Beshear attended both his father's church and the Christian Church where his mother was a member. [3]
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