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- Scott Hall was born into a military family on October 20, 1958. Due to the army life he grew up a traveler and spent his high school years at the All American High in Munich, Germany. When his family returned to the States he attended St Mary's College in Maryland, where he graduated with a degree in Pre Med, with hopes to become a children's doctor. By this time Scott was already training to be a wrestler. He made his ring debut in South Carolina in 1984, and was picked up by the now defunct AWA soon after.
Almost a decade later without hitting major success in the wrestling world, Scott signed with the WWF in 1992. Taking a character he had used previously in WCW, Scott expanded the Diamond Studd and turned him into a Cuban gangster, basing "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon on the gangster movies he'd watched as a child.
After 3 successful years as Razor, and some great matches, including the Ladder Match against the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 10 (since voted the best Wrestlemania match of all time), Scott signed with WCW, where he had some of the most controversial years of his career. His May 1996 appearance on the Turner Broadcasting Monday Nitro program breathed life into a dying wrestling market when he instigated the New World Order. After winning several tag team golds with his best friend Kevin Nash, and a couple of singles US championships, Scott received an injury to his neck during a match with Jeff Jarrett in February 2000, which kept him off TV. Scott was fired from WCW in October of 2000, allegedly due to drunken behavior on a German tour prior to his injury.
In March 2001, Scott began to tour with New Japan. He did so well that New Japan invited him back several times throughout 2001. He also did a couple of independent shows around Florida and Alabama. In January 2002, Scott signed a two year deal with the WWF to bring back the New World Order with Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. They made their first appearance in February. Scott faced Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestlemania X-8 in March, taking the loss. Granted custody of his two children and with a part time wrestling career, Hall finally found the balance he needed to go out a star. - Pro wrestling's Miss Elizabeth was born in Frankfort, KY in 1960, and grew up in Kentucky. According to the WWF's Spotlight magazine, Elizabeth enjoyed walks through the meadows and horses during her childhood. She earned a degree in communications from the University of Kentucky. She rose to national prominence in the fall of 1985 when she was introduced as the manager of WWF wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage (Randy Savage, whom she had married a year earlier). The two quickly became successful: Elizabeth guided Savage to the WWF's Intercontinental title in Boston on Feb. 8, 1986, and later the WWF World Title on March 27, 1988, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Merchandise and magazines bearing her picture were big sellers. She also figured as a key part of several angles, or story lines, in Savage's feuds with WWF foes George 'The Animal' Steele, Wayne Farris (aka "The Honky Tonk Man"), Jake Roberts, Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan. Elizabeth later served as Hogan's manager, which touched off one of the WWF's fiercest feuds of 1989. Miss Elizabeth was never a "Diva" like the other women in WWE today. She was and will always remain the First Lady of Wrestling.
Elizabeth and Randy Savage were part of the "Match Made in Heaven" portion of the WWF's Summerslam '91 on August 26, 1991. Alas, the marriage was a work (i.e., fake), as the two were already married; the "wedding" was used to help set up Savage's feud with Roberts. In reality, the marriage (both the real and storyline marriage) wouldn't last; Elizabeth left the WWF in 1992, shortly before she and Savage divorced.
She returned to wrestling in 1996 in the rival World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where she served as manager for Hogan and Lex Luger (Larry Pfohl, who soon became her real-life boyfriend) while also working with ex-husband Savage on occasion. She left the WCW in early 1999. She later owned a clothing store in the Miami, Florida, area. She died on May 1, 2003, leaving behind many fond memories with her fans. - Sandra Livingston was born on 2 June 1947 in Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for My Three Sons (1960). She was married to John Joseph Sable and Stanley Livingston. She died on 24 July 2021 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Char Fontane was born on 12 January 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Punisher (1989), Supertrain (1979) and Barnaby Jones (1973). She was married to Robert Mitchell, Sergio Consani and Roy Yeager. She died on 1 April 2007 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Jason Byce was born on 17 June 1944 in Roswell, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Program (1993), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and I'll Fly Away (1991). He died on 13 February 2005 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Fred Covington was born on 1 July 1928. He was an actor, known for Norma Rae (1979), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976). He died on 28 July 1993 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
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Trixie Flynn was born on 23 October 1947 in Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Surviving Christmas (2004) and Romance & Cigarettes (2005). She was married to Don Calfa and Timothy M. Bourne. She died on 22 July 2022 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.- Warde Q. Butler was born on 19 September 1920 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Scalpel (1977), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978). He died on 16 April 2004 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Rick Wilson was born on 16 October 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WCW Thunder (1998) and WCW Saturday Night (1985). He died on 23 February 1999 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Renata Rodriguez was born in 1972 in Torrejón Air Base, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Teach Me (1998) and An Argentinian in New York (1998). She was married to Gary Bowman Michael. She died on 25 February 2023 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Honey Merrill Roman was born on 2 September 1934 in Ventura County, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Biography (1987). She was married to Dick Roman. She died on 29 July 2016 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Alexi Smirnoff was born on 9 February 1947 in St. Lin, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Alligator II: The Mutation (1991), Body Slam (1986) and Bad Guys (1986). He was married to Julie. He died on 5 January 2019 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
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Rey Scott was born on 9 January 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and cinematographer, known for 'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China (1941). He died on 12 February 1992 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.- Writer
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Father of the Information Age, writer, filmmaker. Conceived "The Theory of the Information Age" on December 12, 1982, while working for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Per the theory, the world's telecommunications networks were rebuilt from analog into digital systems to accommodate the interconnection of computers via telecommunications. His film "The Taj Mahal" was winner of two Emmys, and he was nominated for Academy Awards for "Of Time, Tombs, and Treasures: The Treasures of Tutankhamen," and "Koryo Celadon." Other film and video productions include "Defining the Information Age," "Carry the Fire - The Story of the 1984 Olympic Torch Relay," and "Korea: Reflections on the Morning Calm."- Music Department
Leo Frank was a New York-born Jew who moved to Marietta, Georgia. In 1913 he was the superintendent of the National Pencil Co., which was partly owned by his uncle, when he was arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl employed at the factory, 13-year-old Mary Phagan. She had been raped and strangled and her body found in the factory's cellar on August 26. Frank was the last person known to have seen her alive. When authorities were told about rumors that he had been seen flirting with the young Phagan, he was regarded as the chief suspect and shortly thereafter arrested. Prosecutors, along with local and state politicians, cast him as a rich, arrogant Yankee Jew who had come to the South to prey on young Christian women. A former member of the US House of Representatives used the specter of Jewish predators "ravaging our little girls" to help revive the Ku Klux Klan. Frank, to no one's surprise, was found guilty of rape and murder and sentenced to death, even though there was little actual evidence to connect him to the crime.
In 1915 Georgia Gov. John Slaton, after investigating the case himself, came to the conclusion that Frank had been unjustly convicted and that the trial had been rigged against him from the beginning. He commuted Frank's sentence from death to life imprisonment. Local citizenry, however, were outraged. A large mob of at least 1000 people surrounded Slaton's home, shouting and protesting his action, some of them urging the crowd to break into the house and lynch the governor. In August of 1915 a group of approximately 30 armed men calling itself "The Knights of Mary Phagan" broke into the prison where Frank was being held, tied up the warden and guards and kidnapped Frank. They drove him 150 miles to a place called Frey's Gin, near Mary Phagan's home, and before a shouting, angry crowed, hanged him from a tree. After his dead body was cut down, members of the crowd stomped on and otherwise mutilated it, while others took pictures and some even took bits of the rope that was used to hang him and sold them as souvenirs. Many of the members of the lynch mob were known to people in the area, including authorities, but local newspapers never used their names in stories about the lynching and none were prosecuted for or even charged with the crime. Among the lynch mob were a former Georgia governor, several local police officers and sheriff's deputies, a Superior Court judge, the Sheriff of Cobb County, several prominent businessmen, a future District Attorney and a future mayor of Marietta.
Frank's mutilated body was driven to Atlanta and turned over to an undertaker. A crowd of several thousand showed up at the establishment, demanding to see his body to ensure that he had indeed been hanged. When the undertaker refused, the crowed threatened to break into the business and see for itself, and began throwing bricks and rocks through the windows. The undertaker relented and let the crowd file past the body, many of them spitting on it.
In the early 1980s a re-investigation of the case determined that Mary Phagan had in fact been raped and murdered by the company's janitor, a black ex-convict named Jim Conley, who police at the time had initially suspected but let go when they turned their attention to Frank. In 1986 the Georgia State Board of Paroles and Pardons granted Frank a posthumous pardon.- Hal Lamar was born on 10 January 1911 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He died on 11 September 2002 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Jack Rousso was born on 21 April 1927 in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Driving Miss Daisy (1989). He died on 5 August 2006 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Controversial Nation of Islam activist who stirred controversy with his racial views. Was expelled from that organization after he promoted violence against whites in South Africa, and insulted both the Pope and Jews. After his expulsion, he formed the new Black Panther movement.
- Brad James was born on 15 June 1962 in Marietta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WCW Thunder (1998) and WCW Saturday Night (1985). He was married to Stephanie Davis. He died on 1 November 2012 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Sam Dahler was born on 16 September 1984 in Marietta, Ohio. He was an actor, known for Salvage (2006). He was married to Kayla Dahler. He died on 24 June 2016 in Marietta, Ohio, USA.
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Jim Marshall was born on 11 September 1942 in West Virginia, USA. He is known for The Cosby Show (1984), Just the Ten of Us (1987) and Who's the Boss? (1984). He died on 11 November 2013 in Marietta, Ohio, USA.- Actor
Joe Garry was born in 1877 in Marietta, Ohio, USA. He was an actor. He died on 7 June 1954 in Marietta, Ohio, USA.- Sharon Brady was born on 14 December 1945 in Westfield, New Jersey, USA. She died on 12 September 1986 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
- Wilson Whitley was born on 28 April 1955 in Brenham, Texas, USA. He died on 25 October 1992 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
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Composer, songwriter, conductor, author and arranger, educated at Townsend Harris Hall and Juilliard (scholarship), and a student of Goetschius, Wolpe, Toch and Schoenberg. In addition to his film work, he conducted musicals in stock, on tour and on Broadway ("Plain and Fancy"). He was the general music director of the Washington, D.C. Music Fest. Joining ASCAP in 1948, his popular-song compositions include "Crying", "In Your Cucamonga", "I Look at You", "A Song of You", "The King Was Doing the Rhumba", "Dig That Coal", "I'm A Swiss", and "Gypsy Interlude".