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Robert Gene Heil (October 5, 1940 – February 28, 2024) was an American sound and radio engineer who created the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966 [ 1 ] and built touring sound systems for bands such as The Grateful Dead and The Who . [ 2 ]
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 ...
Jesse Owens (1913–1980), track and field; set three world records in one day while in college at the Ohio State University; won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics; raised in Cleveland, and attended college in Columbus; Jerry Page (1961– ), boxer; born in Columbus; Alexis Peterson (1995– ), basketball combo guard; born in Columbus
Actor Ron Hale, who co-starred on Ryan’s Hope before playing Sonny Corinthos’ dad Mike Corbin on General Hospital, has died at the age of 78. Hale passed away on Aug. 27, according to an ...
Lake View Cemetery is a privately owned, nonprofit garden cemetery located in the cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and East Cleveland in the U.S. state of Ohio. Founded in 1869, the cemetery was favored by wealthy families during the Gilded Age, and today the cemetery is known for its numerous lavish funerary monuments and mausoleums.
Robert "Bob" Storey was born to DeWitt Storey and Katie Storey (née Johnson) on 28 March 1936 in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was the youngest of their two sons. [2] He graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in 1958. [3] [4] He later graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a J.D. in 1964. Storey was admitted to the Ohio state bar ...
Robert Hale (August 22, 1933 – August 23, 2023) was an American operatic bass-baritone. He was first a leading baritone at the New York City Opera for a decade, where he performed, alongside Beverly Sills , mostly in Mozart operas and in the revival of belcanto opera such as Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor .
Robert Clayton Henry (July 16, 1921 – September 8, 1981) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Springfield, Ohio from 1966 to 1968 as one of the first black mayors of a midwestern city; however, this achievement is frequently overshadowed by fellow African American mayor Carl B. Stokes, who was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967.