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Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (1888–1957) was an American naval officer and polar explorer. Richard Evelyn Byrd also refer to: Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia politician; Richard Evelyn Byrd III (1920–1988), United States naval officer, son of the polar explorer
This Richard E. Byrd married Eleanor Bolling Flood, also descended from the First Families of Virginia, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on September 15, 1886. They would have sons Harry Flood Byrd (1887–1966); Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957) and Thomas Bolling Byrd (1890–1968).
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.
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Richard Byrd may refer to: Richard C. Byrd (1805–1854), American politician; Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), admiral, polar explorer, aviator; Richard Byrd (athlete) (1892–1958), American Olympic athlete; Rick Byrd (born 1953), American basketball player and coach; Ricky Byrd, musician with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.He recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock.