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  2. Doug Sahm - Wikipedia

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    Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in San Antonio, Texas. Sahm is regarded as one of the main figures of Tex-Mex music, and as an important performer of Texan Music. He gained fame along with his band, the Sir Douglas Quintet, with a top-twenty ...

  3. Chris Kyle - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Scott Kyle was born on April 8, 1974, in Odessa, Texas, the eldest of two boys born to Deborah Lynn ( née Mercer) and Wayne Kenneth Kyle, a Sunday school teacher and deacon. [3] [10] His father bought Kyle his first rifle at the age of eight, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle, and later a shotgun, with which they hunted deer ...

  4. Murder of Sylvia Likens - Wikipedia

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    Murder of Sylvia Likens. / 40.046134; -86.454622. Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before ...

  5. Monument to the Unknown Sailor - Wikipedia

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    1960. ( 1960) Status. All year. The Monument to the Unknown Sailor ( Ukrainian: Пам'ятник невідомому матросу) is a city memorial located at Shevchenko Park in the Southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. It is part of the park's Alley of Glory, with the graves of fallen sailors on each side. An eternal flame is burning at foot ...

  6. Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes - Wikipedia

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    Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes. Coordinates: 38°39′10″N 121°26′24″W. Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes is a cemetery and funeral home complex in Sacramento, California. It was opened in 1938.

  7. Rodney King - Wikipedia

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    Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210.

  8. Sunset Boulevard (film) - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $1.75 million. Box office. $5 million. Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American black comedy [1] [2] film noir [3] directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett. It was named after a major street that runs through Hollywood .

  9. Obituary - Wikipedia

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    Obituary. An obituary ( obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2] According to Nigel Farndale, the Obituaries Editor of The Times, obituaries ought to be ...