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He died on or about October 3, 1988, at the age of 68. His body was found in a warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland.He had gone missing on September 13, 1988, after being placed on a train in Boston bound for Washington, D.C. Byrd was supposed to attend a National Geographic Society event honoring the 100th anniversary of his father's birth, but never arrived.
Byrd was born in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Esther Bolling (Flood) and Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia.His ancestors include planter John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who established Richmond, as well as William Byrd I and Robert "King" Carter, a colonial governor.
A bit of trivia about Byrd's son, Richard Evelyn Byrd III or Richard E. Byrd, Jr.; he was known (unbeknownst to him, but probably affectionately) among Navy personnel as "Dickey Byrd". I heard this from my father, who met both Byrds (senior and junior) while serving as a junior officer about the U.S.S. Wyandot during the first Operation Deep ...
"I thought my son was dead, man." WDIV reports police had returned to the home again, this time in search for evidence of a potential homicide. Instead, they found the boy alive.
The 48-year-old Air Force veteran was found dead by his patrol vehicle in a rural area near Auburn Knightdale and Battle Bridge roads. His K9 partner, Sasha, was found unharmed in Byrd’s patrol ...
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The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additional support came from donations and gifts by ...
The 19-year-old son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was found dead at the University of California, Berkeley. Marco Troper, a freshman, was found unresponsive in his dorm at the Clark Kerr ...