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Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American outlaw who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911. . Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his mummified body was first put on display at an Oklahoma funeral home and then became a fixture on the traveling carnival and sideshow circuit during the 1920s through the 1
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The "Paper Roses" musician, largely known for her conservative beliefs and as a former spokesperson for Florida oranges, died Monday, Dec. 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, her family confirmed ...
Anita Bryant, the Grammy-nominated singer who later became a high-profile and controversial campaigner against gay rights in America, has died aged 84.. The New York Times reported that Bryant’s ...
Wilson Allen "Dutch" Shoffner Sr. (March 28, 1938 – January 3, 2014) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. [1] [2] He was Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College from August 16, 1991 to July 27, 1993.
His obituary, published by Benton Funeral Home, where a funeral was scheduled for Friday, said he was pronounced at Dallas County Medical Center. He lived in nearby Kingsland, the obituary states ...
An obituary in Southwest Times Record on March 7, 1925, reported that Almira (Mollie) (King) Ruple died March 5, 1925, in her home at 600 South 2 Twenty-First Street, while her family survived. The 1930 stated that Frederick was by then married to Mildred Ruple (age 31), and that they lived with their son Robert Ruple (2) and daughter Mary ...
They notified friends and relatives, wrote a eulogy for their newspaper, and made funeral arrangements. They held the memorial service on what would have been their son’s 26th birthday. At Recovery Works, Patrick’s former treatment facility, his name and photo were added to a memory wall in a common room — another fatal overdose in a ...