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Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada. The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area.
Scott was left a sizable fortune by his father who invested in Detroit real estate. [2] According to contemporaries, Scott gambled and told off-color stories. He was described by twentieth-century author W. Hawkins Ferry as a "vindictive, scurrilous misanthrope" [3] who attempted to intimidate his business competitors and when this was unsuccessful, he filed suit.
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 ...
James Deren, literary nonfiction writer (born in Detroit (resides in White Lake) Joe Falls, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers 1956–2004 (born in New York, moved to Detroit) M. F. K. Fisher, food writer (born in Albion) Terry Foster, sportswriter and radio personality (born in Detroit) Ron Fournier, national political journalist (born in ...
He had been hospitalized at DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital for two weeks before his death at 7:58 a.m., his longtime publicist told the Detroit Free Press. He was 82.
John J. Bagley was the 16th governor of Michigan, serving from 1873 to 1877. [4] Bagley also served as a Detroit Alderman from 1860 to 1861 and as Police Commissioner from 1865 to 1872. He was instrumental in the creation of the Detroit Metropolitan Police Commission and the construction of the first Detroit House of Corrections. [4]
John Gallagher was born in New York City. [4] His first role was at the City News Bureau of Chicago , a cooperative news agency where he was able to learn about journalism while on the job. [ 5 ] Gallagher joined the Democrat and Chronicle daily newspaper in Rochester, New York in 1978. [ 5 ]
A fake obituary was posted for Slim Shady ahead of Eminem's upcoming 12th LP scheduled to be released this summer, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).” Obituary for Eminem alter ego ...