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Radio is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin.It was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. [1] [2] The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
[9] [10] In 1964, Kennedy befriended the high school's then football coach Harold Jones. [11] Their friendship served as the basis of the 2003 film Radio starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Kennedy and Ed Harris as Jones. [4] In 1965, Kennedy became an unofficial 11th-grade student at T.L. Hanna High. [12]
Harold Jones (born February 27, 1940) is an American traditional pop and jazz drummer [1] [2] who is best known as the drummer for Tony Bennett and for his five years with the Count Basie Orchestra. [ 3 ]
Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, March 3, 1913 – November 18, 2005) was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor. [ 2 ] Early life and stage career
Preston Jones (born 1970), football player [17] James "Radio" Kennedy (1946–2019) inspired the feature film, Radio. Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Kennedy in the film. A large statue of "Radio" is located on the school grounds today. [18] Rafael Little (born 1986), former running back for Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League
(John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) ... He was one of WIP’s first employees, and he hosted their first sports-talk radio show in 1986. Eskin has worked in a reduced role at the station ...
Harold Jones may refer to: E. Harold Jones (1877–1911), British artist and excavator; Harold W. Jones (1877–1958), director of the US Army Medical Library; Harold Spencer Jones (1890–1960), British astronomer; Harold Jones (sprinter) (born 1900), American sprinter, 2nd in the 220 yards at the 1922 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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