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Jim Post was born October 28, 1939, in Houston, Texas. [4] He had previously performed with a folk group, The Rum Runners. He went on to record solo albums for labels such as Flying Fish Records and Fantasy Records. [4] Post died in Dubuque, Iowa, after a long illness on September 14, 2022, at the age of 82. [5]
Jim Post was born in Houston, Texas.He performed and recorded in the 1960s as the duo Friend and Lover with his then wife, Cathy Conn Post. [2] He worked as a solo singer-songwriter in Chicago and throughout the Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s.
Denise D'Ascenzo Cooke (January 30, 1958 – December 7, 2019) was an American television news anchorwoman at WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut. She worked there for 33 years (1986–2019), becoming the longest-serving anchor at WFSB-TV. D'Ascenzo was also the longest-serving news anchor at any Connecticut television station. [1]
This list of people from Westport, Connecticut includes people who have been born in, raised in, lived in or who died in Westport, Connecticut, United States. Individuals are listed by the area in which they are best known.
The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or a resident of the U.S. state of Connecticut, with place of birth or residence when known. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In 2008, under Smith's leadership, the Connecticut Post received its first Newspaper of the Year Award from the New England Newspaper Association. [15] Comedian and actor Richard Belzer, a Bridgeport native, was a paperboy and later a staff reporter for the Post, before pursuing his career as an entertainer. [16]
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Wilfred X. Johnson (1920–1972), first African American elected to the Connecticut General Assembly [28] A. Lucille Matarese , Connecticut state legislator and Roman Catholic Benedictine nun Edward Ralph May (1819–1852), only delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention of 1850 to vote in favor of African American suffrage