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Long jump. James Cleveland " Jesse " Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [3] Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". [4]
From 2010 to 2013, Banton portrayed cheerleader Marisol Lewis on the long running series Degrassi: The Next Generation [1] She made her feature film debut in 2016 as Minnie Ruth Solomon, the wife of Jesse Owens in the 2016 film Race. [2] In 2017, she was cast as Violet Hart on Murdoch Mysteries and has had a main role since. [3]
The Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American two-part, four-hour [1] made-for-television [2] biographical film about the black athlete [3] Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood [4] plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more. [5] It originally premiered in syndication [6] on July 9 and 10 ...
"Race" is based on the story of Jesse Owens, the superstar whose quest to become the greatest track athlete in history thrusts him into the 1936 Olympics
Knowing that he needed to reach at least 7.15 metres (about 23 feet 5½ inches) on his third jump in order to advance to the finals in the afternoon, Owens sat on the field, dejected. In the 1964 documentary Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, Owens relates a story that Long came over to offer advice before Owens's third jump. According to the story ...
Owens died in the hospital on Aug. 11. The family will hold a memorial on Aug. 31 at 1 p.m. that is open to the public, his mom wrote on Facebook, at The Church of Illumination, located at 5966 ...
Years active. 1975–present. Spouse. Nancy Harewood. . (m. 1979) . Children. 2. Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) [1] is an American actor, best known for playing Jesse Owens in The Jesse Owens Story (1984), Det. Paul Strobber on Strike Force (1981–1982), and Rev. Morgan Hamilton in 7th Heaven (1996–2003).
Website. lorrie.com. Musical artist. Loretta Lynn Morgan (born June 27, 1959) [1][2] is an American country music singer and actress. She is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw, all of whom are also country music singers. Morgan has been active as a singer since the age of 13, and ...