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Though Murray refused to get a divorce and marry Madalyn, she divorced her husband, changed her surname to Murray, and named her newborn son William J. Murray, after his father. Madalyn moved with the baby to Baltimore, where her mother and brother lived. In 1954, Bill's half-brother Jon Garth Murray was born. When Bill was still a child ...
Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.
Jon Garth Murray [a] was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1954, the son of Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Michael Fiorillo, her boyfriend at the time. It is likely that Jon Garth never met his father. In 1960 his mother filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore public school system, naming his older half-brother William J. Murray as plaintiff.
Vincent Kartheiser as William J. "Billy Boy" Murray, Madalyn's elder son Andy Walken as Young William "Billy Boy" Murray; Sally Kirkland as Lena Christina, Madalyn's mother; Adam Scott as Jack Ferguson, the reporter who first looks into the kidnapping; Juno Temple as Robin Murray O'Hair, Madalyn's devoted granddaughter and Bill's estranged daughter
The organization was founded in 1963 by Madalyn Murray O'Hair. She had earlier filed a lawsuit against her school board, with her son William J. Murray as plaintiff, to challenge compulsory prayer and Bible-reading in public schools. Her case, Murray v. Curlett, was consolidated with Abington School District v.
After the abduction and murder of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son Jon Garth Murray, and granddaughter Robin Eileen Murray-O'Hair in 1995, he became editor of both American Atheist magazine and Director of American Atheist Press. [3] In 2009, he retired as editor of the magazine but continued as Director of American Atheist Press.
Known for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and murder of the famed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son Jon Garth and granddaughter Robyn in 1995. Robert Franklin Stroud: Died November 21, 1963 The "Birdman of Alcatraz" Gary Lee Sampson: 23976-038 Died on December 21, 2021. Carjacked and murdered three people in 2001.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists, one of her sons and granddaughter disappeared in 1995, along with $500,000 in gold coins. In time, the police homed in on several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked as the office manager for O'Hair's organization.