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Russel James Gibb (June 15, 1931 [1] – April 30, 2019) was an American rock concert promoter, school teacher and disc jockey from Dearborn, Michigan, best known for his role in the "Paul is dead" phenomenon, a story he broke on radio station WKNR-FM in Dearborn, [2] and as the owner of the Grande Ballroom, a major rock music venue in Detroit.
Detroit: 1931-09-16: 3: Gang hit on three Chicago gunmen by members of The Purple Gang [2] Ford Hunger March: Dearborn: 1932: 5: Confrontation between unemployed auto workers and Dearborn police and Ford security, 5 workers shot to death, more than 60 injured [2] 1943 Detroit race riot: Detroit: 1943-06: 34: Riots among black and white ...
Pollack forwarded this correspondence to the Union County Prosecutor's Office after Cottingham agreed to speak with investigators if they would meet with him. Cottingham's statements regarding Jeannette's murder were later printed in the 2022 updated and revised edition of Death on the Devil's Teeth. As of December 2022, no updates have been ...
Lewis Cass (1782–1866), Michigan Territorial Governor (1813–1831), U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1848 United States presidential election. Zachariah Chandler (1813–1879), U.S. Senator from Michigan, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Mayor of Detroit (1851 ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Michigan; which abolished the death penalty in 1847. The one person executed after 1847 was executed by the United States strictly within federal jurisdiction. Thus, it was not performed within the legal boundaries of Michigan as a matter of law.
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.
Ronald Ray Cameron (January 19, 1945 – February 20, 2024) was an American radio host who helped popularize the sports talk radio format in the Detroit market. He worked in that business off and on for more than 50 years, while also pursuing secondary careers in television, print publishing, and ownership of radio stations, restaurants, and sports teams.
Chin was interred in Detroit's Forest Lawn Cemetery. [41] In September 1987, Chin's mother, Lily, moved from Oak Park back to her hometown of Guangzhou, China, reportedly to avoid being reminded of her son's death. She returned to the United States for medical treatment in late 2001 and died on June 9, 2002.